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A new Linux kernel bug was discovered, DDoS just got huge, and Russia gets hit with cyberattacks and bans! All that coming up now on ThreatWire. #threatwire #hak5

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Linux

https://dirtypipe.cm4all.com/

https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/researchers-warn-of-linux-kernel-dirty.html

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/linux-has-been-bitten-by-its-most-high-severity-vulnerability-in-years/

DDoS

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ddos-attacks-now-use-new-record-breaking-amplification-vector/

https://www.akamai.com/blog/security/phone-home-ddos-attack-vector

https://www.zdnet.com/article/in-the-wild-ddos-attack-can-be-launched-from-a-single-packet-to-create-terabytes-of-traffic/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/ddosers-use-new-method-capable-of-amplifying-traffic-by-a-factor-of-4-billion/

https://www.mitel.com/en-ca/support/security-advisories/mitel-product-security-advisory-22-0001

Russia

https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/2022-03/FinCEN%20Alert%20Russian%20Sanctions%20Evasion%20FINAL%20508.pdf

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-treasury-russia-may-bypass-sanctions-using-ransomware-payments/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/03/09/executive-order-on-ensuring-responsible-development-of-digital-assets/

https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/russian-pushing-its-new-state-run-tls.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russia-creates-its-own-tls-certificate-authority-to-bypass-sanctions/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-government-sites-hacked-in-supply-chain-attack/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-defense-firm-rostec-shuts-down-website-after-ddos-attack/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/internet-backbone-giant-lumen-shuns-ru/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/cloudflare-and-akamai-refuse-to-pull-services-out-of-russia/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-to-auto-brick-servers-that-go-offline-in-ukraine-russia/

https://blog.cloudflare.com/steps-taken-around-cloudflares-services-in-ukraine-belarus-and-russia/

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/11/22972869/instagram-ban-russia-ukraine-facebook-whatsapp-meta?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

https://threatpost.com/malware-posing-russia-ddos-tool-bites-pro-ukraine-hackers/178864/

https://threatpost.com/russian-apts-phishing-ukraine-google/178819/

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