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Microsoft Secure

KillNet and affiliate hacktivist groups targeting healthcare with DDoS attacks

KillNet, a group that the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has called pro-Russia hacktivists, has been launching waves of attacks targeting governments and companies with focus on the healthcare sector. In this blog post, we provide an overview of the DDoS attack landscape against healthcare applications hosted in Azure over three months.
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Microsoft Secure

Anatomy of a DDoS amplification attack

Amplification attacks are one of the most common distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack vectors. These attacks are typically categorized as flooding or volumetric attacks, where the attacker succeeds in generating more traffic than the target can process, resulting in exhausting its resources due to the amount of traffic it receives.
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TrendMicro

Back to Basics: Why We Need to Encourage More Secure IoT Development

The Internet of Things (IoT) is radically reshaping the way we live and work. Before our very eyes, organizations are becoming more agile, efficient and cost effective to run, all while consumers marvel at the wonders of the smart home, fitness trackers and connected cars. There’s just one major problem: Much of this new infrastructure…
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