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BrandPost: DDos Extortion Takes VoIP Providers Offline

Threat actors are continually innovating and rethinking their attack patterns – as well as who they target with attacks. This is clearly seen in their targeting of  Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers, as highlighted in NETSCOUT’s 2H 2021 Threat Report. Why target VoIP providers? The short answer is financial gain. Attackers know bringing down VoIP providers that service a large number of customers causes a lot of pain and therefore is ripe for extortion. Cyber attackers launched three worldwide distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) extortion attack campaigns in 2021 – a startling new achievement carried out by a REvil copycat, Lazarus Bear Armada (LBA), and Fancy Lazarus. But threat actors did more than simply increase such global attacks. To read this article in full, please click here
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ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, May 17th, 2022 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=8010, (Tue, May 17th)

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ONE ZERO Digital Bank selects AU10TIX to power its customer verification system and KYC process

ONE ZERO Digital Bank announced it has chosen AU10TIX to power its customer verification system and KYC (Know Your Customer) platform. The Bank of Israel, Israel’s central bank, gave ONE ZERO Digital Bank its stamp of approval to use AU10TIX’s technology. AU10TIX’s technology allows ONE ZERO Digital Bank to perform identity verification to new customers as part of the onboarding process as well as every activity that requires re-verification, such as making changes to a … More → The post ONE ZERO Digital Bank selects AU10TIX to power its customer verification system and KYC process appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Ampol lands new CISO

Frances Bouzo joins from icare NSW.
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, May 16th, 2022 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=8008, (Mon, May 16th)

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WA gov gives digital capability fund $400m top-up

Better cyber security and digital services.
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