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Yet Another QNAP Ransomware Attack, Google Drops FLoC For Topics, and the biggest DDoS in the History of DDoSes! All that coming up now on ThreatWire. #threatwire #hak5

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QNAP Ransomware:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qnap-warns-of-new-deadbolt-ransomware-encrypting-nas-devices/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/qnap-warns-nas-users-of-deadbolt-ransomware-urges-customers-to-update/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-deadbolt-ransomware-targets-qnap-devices-asks-50-btc-for-master-key/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qnap-force-installs-update-after-deadbolt-ransomware-hits-3-600-devices/

https://www.emsisoft.com/ransomware-decryption-tools/deadbolt

https://thehackernews.com/2021/04/new-qnap-nas-flaws-exploited-in-recent.html

https://www.qnap.com/en/security-news/2022/take-immediate-actions-to-stop-your-nas-from-exposing-to-the-internet-and-update-qts-to-the-latest-available-version-fight-against-ransomware-together

Largest DDoS Attack in History:

https://privacysandbox.com/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/floc-off-vivaldi-declares-as-it-says-no-to-googles-tracking-system/

https://thehackernews.com/2022/01/google-drops-floc-and-introduces-topics.html

https://github.com/jkarlin/topics

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-reveals-topics-cookie-replacement-acknowledges-floc-was-problematic/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/google-drops-floc-after-widespread-opposition-pivots-to-topics-api-plan/

Google is Dropping FLoC:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-ddos-protection-2021-q3-and-q4-ddos-attack-trends/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-mitigates-largest-ddos-attack-ever-reported-in-history/

https://thehackernews.com/2022/01/microsoft-mitigated-record-breaking-347.html

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/microsoft-fends-off-record-breaking-3-47-tbps-ddos-attack/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-heres-how-we-stopped-the-biggest-ever-ddos-attack/

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