Tag: #CyberThreats
The growing dependence on digital infrastructure has transformed the way we live and work. From online communication and accessing sensitive data to making purchases and navigating cities, so much of our daily activities rely on secure, interconnected systems. Even essential services like electricity and water now depend on cloud infrastructure, while modern vehicles use geographic […]
A new remote access trojan (RAT) named MoonPeak has been uncovered in a cyber campaign linked to a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group. Cisco Talos identified this malicious activity and attributed it to UAT-5394, a threat cluster with significant tactical overlaps with the known nation-state actor Kimsuky. MoonPeak is a variant of the open-source Xeno […]
In 2021, Amazon faced a $34 million loss due to a one-hour system outage, highlighting the financial impact of downtime. Similarly, Meta experienced a loss of nearly $100 million following Facebook’s 2021 outage. In an event summary from early August 2024, Microsoft reported a DDoS attack that triggered an “unexpected usage spike,” causing Azure Front […]