This article originally appeared on the NETSCOUT blog. To read the original in its entirety, click HERE. The most recent NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report has found that vital pandemic industries, such as healthcare, experienced increased attention from malicious actors, while the global Lazarus…
2020 broke DDoS attack records and 2021 is on track to break even more
Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic forced federal government agencies and military organizations to fundamentally shift how they operate. As the COVID-19 pandemic reached our shores and began spreading, federal civilian and military organizations were forced to rush to embrace VPNs,…
When breaking records goes bad – Threat Intelligence Report shows unprecedented uptick in DDoS attacks
With the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo postponed because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, people around the globe lost out on the opportunity to see records broken in amazing, athletic displays of human potential, drive, and spirit. But while…
The “new normal” of 10M DDoS attacks demands increased vigilance
There were nearly 1.6 million more DDoS attacks in 2020 than 2019’s count of 8.5 million, illustrating that DDoS attack numbers are moving in only one direction—up. With this massive uptick in DDOS attacks – hitting more than 10 million…
Lazarus Bear Armada Extorts Government Organizations with Sophisticated DDoS Threat
In a recent episode of the GovCyberHub Podcast, we sat down with a small panel of cybersecurity experts to discuss the current cyber extortion threat facing government organizations, state and local agencies, and private enterprises. What we learned is that…
