Europol Smacks Down World’s Largest DDoS-for-Hire Market
Webstresser[.]org, a DDoS-for-hire market believed to be behind at least 4 million cyberattacks around the world, has served up its last internet-paralyzing traffic tsunami.
Tara Seals
About
Tara Seals has nearly 25 years of experience as a journalist, analyst and editor in the communications and technology space. Prior to Threatpost, Tara was the North American news lead for Infosecurity Magazine, and spent 13 years working for Informa (formerly Virgo Publishing), as executive editor and editor-in-chief at publications focused on both the service provider and the enterprise arenas. A Texas native, she holds a B.A. from Columbia University, lives in Western Massachusetts with her family and is on a never-ending quest for good Mexican food in the Northeast.
Orangeworm Mounts Espionage Campaign Against Healthcare
The group uses a custom, worm-like backdoor called Kwampirs that exploits legacy systems for laser-focused, comprehensive corporate espionage.
Ransomware Attack Hits Ukrainian Energy Ministry, Exploiting Drupalgeddon2
It looks like this is the work of amateurs, not nation-state attackers bent on making a geopolitical point, making use of the recently patched Drupal vulnerability.
