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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Crawler Can Be Used to Trigger DDoS Attack on Websites, Researcher Claims
OpenAI’s ChatGPT application programming interface (API) has a vulnerability that can be exploited to initiate a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on websites, claimed a cybersecurity researcher. As per the claims, the issue results in sending thousands of network requests to a website using the ChatGPT crawler. The researcher claimed t...
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What Is "DDOS Attack" Flagged By Elon Musk That Hit Donald Trump Interview?
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has flagged a "massive DDOS attack" on X that disrupted the airing of his interview with former Donald Trump.
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“US Will Go Out Of Business If Kamala Harris Wins”: Donald Trump To Elon Musk
The Elon Musk-Donald Trump interview on X, which was scheduled to begin at 5:30 AM IST, was delayed by more than 40 minutes due to a massive cyberattack.
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Weeks After "Blue Screen Of Death", Cyberattack Causes New Microsoft Outage
The tech giant said it was a DDoS attack that floods a service with traffic in order to bring them to a standstill.
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Gujarat Government Transfers 50 IAS Officers Ahead Of Lok Sabha Polls
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls due in a few months, the Gujarat government has transferred 50 IAS officers, including various collectors and district development officers (DDOs).
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G20 Portal Saw 16 Lakh Cyberattacks A Minute During Summit In Sept: Centre
The Indian cybersecurity sector repelled numerous cyberattack attempts on the G20 portal during the summit and 16 lakh DDoS attacks per minute peaked at some point.
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Royal Family Website Faces Cyber Attack By Russian Hackers: Report
Russian hacker group Killnet has claimed responsibility for the cyber attack.
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Cyberattacks Being Fuelled by Ukraine War, Geopolitics, EU Cybersecurity Agency Says
Cybersecurity incidents have increased due to geopolitics such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while the attacks have been more damaging and widespread, according to a report by EU cybersecurity agency ENISA. Zero-day exploits in which hackers exploit software vulnerabilities before developers have a chance to fix the flaws, as well as artificial ...
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Russian Hacker Group Killnet's Distributed Denial of Service Cyberattack Thwarted by US Treasury
The US Treasury in October thwarted a cyberattack perpetrated by Killnet, a pro-Russian hacking group. The incident occurred a couple of days before similar attacks from Killnet on U.S. financial services firms. Meanwhile, the IP addresses used for the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack were quickly shared with financial services firms, in...
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Major US Airport Websites Disrupted By Suspected Russian Cyberattacks
The websites for a number of major US airports were briefly taken offline Monday after a cyberattack promoted by a pro-Russian hacking group.
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Kiwi Farms' Services Terminated by DDoS-Guard Over Hate Forum’s Violation of Acceptable Use Policy
DDoS-Guard revealed on Monday that it terminated its protection services for Kiwi Farms. This hate forum has gained notoriety for organising hate campaigns against trans activists and feminists. It was previously blocked by Cloudflare on Sunday.
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Taiwan Website Attacks Likely Caused by Chinese 'Hacktivists', Researchers Say
Taiwanese government websites, including the website of Taiwan's presidential office, was targeted by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Tuesday, ahead of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's arrival in Tapei. According to researchers, these attacks were likely launched by Chinese "hacktivists".
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Norway Faces Cyberattack, Pro-Russian Hacker Group Accused Behind Activity
A cyberattack temporarily hit public and private websites in Norway in the past 24 hours, Norwegian authorities said. The distributed-denial-of-service (DDOS) attack targeted a secure national data network forcing the temporary suspension of online services for several hours.
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Lithuania Faces Cyberattack, Russia's Killnet Claims Hack of Sites in Retaliation for Transit Ban
Lithuanian state and private institutions were hit by a denial-of-service cyberattack on Monday. Russian hacker group Killnet claimed responsibility for the distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyberattack, saying it was in response to Vilnius's decision to block the transit of goods sanctioned by the European Union to the Russian exclave of Kalini...
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Cloudflare Manages to Block Massive DDoS Attack on Unnamed Crypto Platform
Cloudflare this month halted a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on a cryptocurrency platform that not only was unusual in its size, but also, because it was launched over HTTPS.
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Crawler Can Be Used to Trigger DDoS Attack on Websites, Researcher Claims
OpenAI’s ChatGPT application programming interface (API) has a vulnerability that can be exploited to initiate a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on websites, claimed a cybersecurity researcher. As per the claims, the issue results in sending thousands of network requests to a website using the ChatGPT crawler. The researcher claimed t...
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What Is "DDOS Attack" Flagged By Elon Musk That Hit Donald Trump Interview?
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has flagged a "massive DDOS attack" on X that disrupted the airing of his interview with former Donald Trump.
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“US Will Go Out Of Business If Kamala Harris Wins”: Donald Trump To Elon Musk
The Elon Musk-Donald Trump interview on X, which was scheduled to begin at 5:30 AM IST, was delayed by more than 40 minutes due to a massive cyberattack.
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Weeks After "Blue Screen Of Death", Cyberattack Causes New Microsoft Outage
The tech giant said it was a DDoS attack that floods a service with traffic in order to bring them to a standstill.
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Gujarat Government Transfers 50 IAS Officers Ahead Of Lok Sabha Polls
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls due in a few months, the Gujarat government has transferred 50 IAS officers, including various collectors and district development officers (DDOs).
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G20 Portal Saw 16 Lakh Cyberattacks A Minute During Summit In Sept: Centre
The Indian cybersecurity sector repelled numerous cyberattack attempts on the G20 portal during the summit and 16 lakh DDoS attacks per minute peaked at some point.
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Royal Family Website Faces Cyber Attack By Russian Hackers: Report
Russian hacker group Killnet has claimed responsibility for the cyber attack.
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Cyberattacks Being Fuelled by Ukraine War, Geopolitics, EU Cybersecurity Agency Says
Cybersecurity incidents have increased due to geopolitics such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while the attacks have been more damaging and widespread, according to a report by EU cybersecurity agency ENISA. Zero-day exploits in which hackers exploit software vulnerabilities before developers have a chance to fix the flaws, as well as artificial ...
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Russian Hacker Group Killnet's Distributed Denial of Service Cyberattack Thwarted by US Treasury
The US Treasury in October thwarted a cyberattack perpetrated by Killnet, a pro-Russian hacking group. The incident occurred a couple of days before similar attacks from Killnet on U.S. financial services firms. Meanwhile, the IP addresses used for the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack were quickly shared with financial services firms, in...
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Major US Airport Websites Disrupted By Suspected Russian Cyberattacks
The websites for a number of major US airports were briefly taken offline Monday after a cyberattack promoted by a pro-Russian hacking group.
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Kiwi Farms' Services Terminated by DDoS-Guard Over Hate Forum’s Violation of Acceptable Use Policy
DDoS-Guard revealed on Monday that it terminated its protection services for Kiwi Farms. This hate forum has gained notoriety for organising hate campaigns against trans activists and feminists. It was previously blocked by Cloudflare on Sunday.
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Taiwan Website Attacks Likely Caused by Chinese 'Hacktivists', Researchers Say
Taiwanese government websites, including the website of Taiwan's presidential office, was targeted by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Tuesday, ahead of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's arrival in Tapei. According to researchers, these attacks were likely launched by Chinese "hacktivists".
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Norway Faces Cyberattack, Pro-Russian Hacker Group Accused Behind Activity
A cyberattack temporarily hit public and private websites in Norway in the past 24 hours, Norwegian authorities said. The distributed-denial-of-service (DDOS) attack targeted a secure national data network forcing the temporary suspension of online services for several hours.
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Lithuania Faces Cyberattack, Russia's Killnet Claims Hack of Sites in Retaliation for Transit Ban
Lithuanian state and private institutions were hit by a denial-of-service cyberattack on Monday. Russian hacker group Killnet claimed responsibility for the distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyberattack, saying it was in response to Vilnius's decision to block the transit of goods sanctioned by the European Union to the Russian exclave of Kalini...
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Cloudflare Manages to Block Massive DDoS Attack on Unnamed Crypto Platform
Cloudflare this month halted a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on a cryptocurrency platform that not only was unusual in its size, but also, because it was launched over HTTPS.
