Category: Cyber Threat News
In a recent security disclosure, cloud provider OVHcloud revealed that it successfully mitigated a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack reaching an unprecedented 840 million packets per second (Mpps) in April 2024. This eclipses the prior record of 809 Mpps set in 2020 as reported by Akamai. DDoS attacks aim to cripple a target system by overwhelming […]
Hackers have leaked what they claim is Ticketmaster barcode data for 166,000 Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets, highlighting the critical nature of this data breach and extortion attempt. The threat actor, Sp1d3rHunters, is demanding a $2 million ransom to prevent further leaks, which they warn will include more Taylor Swift events, P!nk, Sting, F1 Formula […]
Twilio has disclosed that an unsecured API endpoint enabled threat actors to verify the phone numbers of millions of Authy multi-factor authentication (MFA) users, raising the risk of SMS phishing and SIM swapping attacks. Authy, an app generating MFA codes for websites, is now urging users to update their apps for enhanced security. In late […]