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When the mysterious operator of an internet archiving-service decided to silence a curious Finnish blogger, they didn't just send a stroppy email - they allegedly weaponised their own CAPTCHA page to launch a DDoS attack, threatened to invent an entirely new genre of AI porn, and tampered with parts of their own archive to smear the blogger's name. In this episode, we unravel how a website designed to preserve history may have trashed its own credibility - and how Wikipedia responded when trust went out the window. Plus a ransomware gang shoots itself in the foot with a classic case of buffoonery, accidentally corrupting the very keys victims would need to decrypt their data. When even the criminals can't unlock your files, what happens next? All this, a surprisingly zen Pick of the Week, and a gloriously splenetic rant against web forms, on episode 456 of the award-winning "Smashing Security" podcast, with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley and special guest Paul Ducklin.

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Spanish police (Guardia Civil) arrested four members of the hacktivist group Anonymous Fénix over DDoS attacks targeting ministries, political parties and public institutions. Police raid (Source: Guardia Civil) Police identified the organization's leadership, including its administrator and moderator, who were arrested in May 2025 in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) and Oviedo (Asturias). Evidence gathered during that phase of the investigation led authorities to two additional suspects described as the most active members. They were detained … More → The post Spanish police arrest suspected Anonymous members over DDoS attacks on government sites appeared first on Help Net Security.

Service availability monitoring remains a daily operational requirement across IT teams, SaaS providers, and internal infrastructure groups. Many environments rely on automated checks and alerting to track outages, latency issues, and service degradation across web applications and network endpoints. Uptime Kuma is an open-source uptime monitoring project that supports this type of operational monitoring through a self-hosted deployment model. The tool is designed to monitor a wide range of service types, including websites, APIs, network … More → The post Uptime Kuma: Open-source monitoring tool appeared first on Help Net Security.

DDoS attack frequency has risen to 'alarming levels,' warns Radware report

DDoS attack frequency has risen to 'alarming levels,' warns Radware report

Redpanda announced the availability of new core capabilities in the Redpanda Agentic Data Plane (ADP), including a centralized AI gateway, AI observability and evaluation via OpenTelemetry, AI agents, and unified authentication and authorization. Together, these features form a unified governance layer that allows enterprises to securely connect AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to live enterprise data with visibility and control. As organizations move from AI experimentation to production, the challenge has shifted … More → The post Redpanda brings identity, policy control, and data governance to AI agents appeared first on Help Net Security.

The cyberattack disrupted information and booking systems and lasted for several hours. The post German Rail Giant Deutsche Bahn Hit by Large-Scale DDoS Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Germany's national rail operator, Deutsche Bahn, suffered a major DDoS attack that disrupted booking and information systems for several hours. Germany's rail operator Deutsche Bahn was hit by a large-scale DDoS attack that disrupted information and booking systems for several hours. The cyberattack affected IT operations, causing delays and service interruptions. At this time, the […]

IntelliGenesis has announced the availability of CYBERSPAN for managed security service providers (MSSPs). The AI-driven network detection and response platform, originally developed to protect small and mid-sized contractors in the Defense Industrial Base, is now optimized for multi-tenant service delivery. Managed security service providers must scale cybersecurity operations across diverse client environments without driving up costs or operational complexity. CYBERSPAN addresses this with a multi-tenant architecture that enables providers to onboard new customers using a … More → The post CYBERSPAN brings AI-driven, agentless network detection to MSSP environments appeared first on Help Net Security.