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The finance sector is more affected by DDoS attacks in EMEA than in any other region. Akamai researchers have released another State of the Internet (SOTI) report, and this time it’s zeroed in on the unique cyber challenges that affect the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. The report deep dives into the volatile cyber landscape in the region, focusing on distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and their devastating effects on the victims. It’s stellar work.
Expanded arsenal: Threat actors behind the RedTail cryptomining malware, initially reported in early 2024, have incorporated the recent Palo Alto PAN-OS CVE-2024-3400 vulnerability into their toolkit. Private cryptomining pools: The attackers have taken a step forward by employing private cryptomining pools for greater control over mining outcomes despite the increased operational and financial costs. This mirrors tactics used by the Lazarus group, leading to speculation about attack attribution.
In our observations, we’ve seen that approximately 30% of environments had at least one machine with a SharePoint server installed on it. We only have one Star Wars Day a year, but 12 Patch Tuesdays, which is a terrible ratio if you ask me… Anyway, this May’s update contains 59 CVEs, only one of them critical (in Microsoft SharePoint Server), but it also includes patches for two vulnerabilities found in the wild.
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