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Malicious web application transactions increased by 500% in 2023

August 24, 2023

According to a Radware cyberattack report, the number of malicious web application transactions increased by 500% compared to the first half of 2022.

It’s time to prepare for the rise of hacktivism (and its side effects)

Marcus Fowler

September 28, 2022

Hacktivism has played a role in the cyberspace around the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as nation-state cybercriminals and civilians hack with political motivation.

Russia's air transport agency affected by cyberattacks

Maria Henriquez

March 31, 2022

A cyberattack on the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency's (Rosaviatsia) infrastructure allegedly erased all documents, files, aircraft registration data and emails from the servers.

Far-right platform Gab confirms it was hacked

March 2, 2021

CEO and co-founder of social media platform Gab said the site had suffered a data breach. WIRED reported that the far-right platform had more than 70 gigabytes of data, and 40 million posts, leaked by a hacktivist who self-identifies as "JaXpArO and My Little Anonymous Revival Project."

Concerned about Nation State Cyberattacks? Here’s how to Protect Your Organization

March 26, 2020

In light of recent geopolitical events, there is heightened concern of espionage, nation state attacks and hacktivism.

The Very Real Threat of the New Hactivism

Oliver Lavery

August 23, 2016

Hacktivists have begun deploying much more organized, sophisticated attacks. These are much less likely to be forgotten by customers, as they are aimed at breaching a company’s security and stealing the data most likely to damage the reputation and credibility of the enterprise or, even worse, air customers’ dirty laundry.

McAfee Predicts Rapid Evolution of Cyberthreats in New Year

December 27, 2012

McAfee released its annual 2013 Threat Predictions report, highlighting the top threats McAfee Labs foresees for 2013.

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