Issue #147 - April 28, 2025
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- Apr 28
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DDoS attacks jump 358% compared to last year
Source: HelpNet Security
Cloudflare says it mitigated 20.5 million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2025. This is a 358% increase compared to the same time last year. Their Q1 2025 DDoS report highlights a rise in the number and size of attacks, including some of the largest ever recorded.
Invisible Threats Target OT: Why CISOs Must Act Now
Source: Data Breach Today
Cyberattacks on operational technology (OT) systems are rising. Unlike high-profile IT breaches, most OT attacks rarely make headlines — even though their consequences can be just as catastrophic. This is because most OT attacks go unnoticed until they result in significant damage, due to the absence of real-time monitoring and OT-specific threat intelligence.
4 Million Affected by VeriSource Data Breach
Source: Security Week
Employee benefit administrative services provider VeriSource Services is notifying four million individuals that their personal information was stolen in a year-old hack. The incident, the company says, was discovered on February 28, 2024, one day after a threat actor exfiltrated data from its systems.
Cybersecurity vendors are themselves under attack by hackers, SentinelOne says
Source: Cyber Scoop
Cybersecurity companies don’t just defend their customers against cyberattacks — they also have to defend themselves, and a SentinelOne report published Monday examines some of the biggest threats they’re facing. Those include ransomware, Chinese government-sponsored hackers and North Korean IT workers posing as job applicants, according to the report from SentinelOne’s SentinelLabs.
Hacking in Space: Not as Tough as You Might Think
Source: Dark Reading
Space assets like satellites are more vulnerable to threat actors than you might think, with even script kiddies having an opportunity to take a whack at an orbiting object. That's according to Barbara Grofe, space asset security architect at engineering and cybersecurity services firm Spartan Corp.