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21 December 2021
 
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Hackers have not left the front pages of North America&#39;s most famous newspapers, impacting our daily lives. DDoS attacks have risen to the top of the U.S. president&#39;s agenda, becoming the nation&#39;s top national security concern.

DDoS attacks have become a real problem for the United States. Ransomware threats using DDoS attacks as a tool are becoming commonplace.

High-Profile DDoS Attacks in the U.S. in 2021 | StormWall

16 december 2021

<h1>DDoS Attacks in the U.S.</h1>

What is the most attractive target for DDoS attacks today? This is a rather naive question. A successful business with great potential is always the number one target. The concentration of successful companies in the United States is undeniable, which increases the special interest of hacker groups.

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the global economy. To cope with this outbreak, U.S. authorities have engaged in a record high volume of fiscal stimulus. Cyber groups are not concerned about individual national debt figures. They are concerned about the lump-sum benefits, which have reached unprecedented levels.

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<h2>High-profile DDoS Attacks on the World&#39;s Most Powerful Economy</h2>

In 2000, an ordinary teenager is known as &quot;Mafiaboy&quot; decided to hack into several major websites. These were the online resources of CNN, Dell, and part of the e-commerce industries of eBay and Yahoo. At the time, some of the sources were considered the most popular search engines in the world. This attack had disastrous consequences and caused chaos in the stock market.

In 2012, six reputable U.S. banks suffered serious DDoS attacks. They were Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, U.S. Bank, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and PNC Bank. Financial institutions lost contact with their servers because of a botnet called BROBOT. This botnet generated 60 gigabits of DDoS attack traffic per second and caused a lot of problems for the founders of the banking structure. It was believed that the attack was carried out by the &quot;Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades&quot;, which was the military wing of the Palestinian organization Hamas.

In the fall of 2016, DYN, a company that provides domain and email registration services for U.S. users, was attacked. The software operator Mirai published the source code on various hacker forums. He portrayed the source code, hoping to mutate it further. As a result, a major DNS domain name registration service provider was hit with a traffic stream of one terabit per second. This set a new record for a DDoS attack and was a real disaster for Dyn. It lost offline access to GitHub, HBO, Twitter, Reddit, PayPal, Netflix, and Airbnb for a while.

The year 2020 was marked by a large number of DDoS attacks. This is due to different events. Presidential elections or the transition of schools to distance learning. In the first case, hackers tried to attack voter registration services, but online resources were able to withstand the threat. Learning platforms proved less prepared for DDoS attacks. In the fall of 2020, many Massachusetts schools experienced communication outages. This was perceived as a temporary equipment failure. Only later did they learn about the DDoS attack with a lot of garbage traffic.

These are all links in the same chain. Although the affected parties claim that they were able to prevent the attacks. They say little about the true consequences of what happened. The risk of large-scale data theft always remains high.

<h2>2021 Sets a New Rhythm</h2>

Today, DDoS attacks have become a real problem for the United States. For example, the Alaska Department of Health is still recovering from the May 2021 cyberattack. The true impact of the hack and the extent of the theft of user data remains in question. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) is urging citizens to take steps to protect their data. Some online DHSS services still have not been restored. There is no timeline as to when they will return to normal operations.

Hackers made a particular effort on July 4, the United States Independence Day. At that time, hundreds of American companies were attacked by extortionists who demanded millions of dollars in bitcoins. The attackers were linked to the famous REvil extortion hacker group, which has a Russian connection. The cybercriminals exploited numerous previously unknown vulnerabilities in IT management software. DDoS attacks targeted schools, small public sector agencies, travel and leisure organizations, credit unions, and many other companies.

Lately, DDoS operators have been generating their capabilities through consolidation. They are gaining new power by working together. A recent example is the symbiosis of a group of cybercriminals under the fictitious alias Fancy Lazarus. It incorporated the names of two groups: Lazarus and Fancy Bear, which have long attacked various organizations around the world. The victims are predominantly U.S.-based companies, who are set to pay ransoms ranging from 10 to 20 BTC.

Ransomware threats using DDoS attacks as a tool are becoming commonplace. Attackers are attacking successful businesses from a variety of sectors. They claim profits from wineries, professional sports teams, ferry companies, and hospitals. Hackers have not left the front pages of North America&#39;s most famous newspapers, impacting our daily lives. DDoS attacks have risen to the top of the U.S. president&#39;s agenda, becoming the nation&#39;s top national security concern.

DDoS Attacks in the U.S.

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Transportation and logistics is a sensitive area of the economy that, for a variety of reasons, attracts increased attention from cybercriminals. The consequences of a DDoS attack can impact far beyond the enterprise itself, disrupting the workflow of thousands of other companies.

Transportation and logistics is a sensitive area of the economy that, for a variety of reasons, attracts increased attention from cybercriminals.

Top 5 Major DDoS Attacks on Logistics Companies | StormWall

23 december 2021

<h1>Major DDoS Attacks on Logistics Companies</h1>

Logistics plays an important role in the development of any society. A lot depends on the correct operation of logistics companies. It is enough to recall the history of world wars, where the success of this or that side of the conflict depended on properly organized supplies. Military logisticians laid the foundation on which modern business logistics rests. In the XXI century, logistics management faces qualitatively new threats. These are massive DDoS attacks using ransomware, which can significantly affect the physical logistics supply chain by all modes of transport.

Transportation and logistics is a sensitive area of the economy that, for a variety of reasons, attracts increased attention from cybercriminals. The consequences of a DDoS attack can impact far beyond the enterprise itself, disrupting the workflow of thousands of other companies. Hackers take advantage of the situation and increase the pressure to get a quick ransom. In addition, logistics businesses have multiple points of malware penetration, and low-profit margins make it difficult to invest in cybersecurity infrastructure. All of this has triggered massive DDoS attacks on industry leaders.

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	<li>In May 2017, German railway operator Deutsche Bahn announced a massive DDoS attack. The service outage caused computer disruption in nearly 100 countries. Due to the WannaCry virus program, hundreds of users of Germany&#39;s rail network saw ransom messages on the information monitors of ticket terminals. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said train traffic was not disrupted and government computer systems were not affected. Nevertheless, travelers were active online, showing photos of red windows with messages demanding cash payments to regain access.</li>
	<li>In the summer of 2017, Danish transport and logistics giant Maersk reported a powerful DDoS attack. Company representatives said that despite certain difficulties, Maersk Line container ships and crews were not threatened. The introduction of the NotPetya virus caused massive downtime of transport ships and reduced shipments by 20%. This resulted in a loss of $300 million. The company was forced to restore its functions in manual mode. Information systems at many sites and several commercial divisions were down for 10 days while 4,000 servers, 45,000 PCs, and 2,500 applications were restored.</li>
	<li>Attackers caused a lot of trouble for the U.S. express delivery company FedEx in 2017. NotPetya ransomware hit its subsidiary TNT Express. FedEx estimated its operating losses due to the DDoS attack at $300 million, contributing to a $75 million increase in the cost of integrating TNT&#39;s systems. There were several claims from Fedex&#39;s office that the database was not affected during the hack. However, Ed Stroz, former head of the FBI&#39;s Computer Crime Unit, opined that the attack was not done for the money. The hackers wanted to tarnish the company&#39;s public image.</li>
	<li>In May 2020, there were particular tensions in the Persian Gulf. Iran reported that its seaports near Bandar Abbas had suffered a cyber attack. As a result, the port of Shahid Raji was closed for several days, and Israel was blamed for a series of several DDoS attacks that disrupted port operations. Notably, the port of Shahid Raji had a TOS port control system installed in 2007, which could be attacked in various ways. It could have been a two-pronged attack. A direct attack on the system through the Internet and an attack on one of the system&#39;s interfaces. For example, a DDoS attack on the Iranian software developer Kaveh.</li>
	<li>In the fall of 2020, the French transportation company CMA CGM reported a cyberattack on its edge servers. At the time, the largest sea container carrier quickly responded to the threat and restricted access to its applications, which stopped the spread of malicious traffic. A year later, CMA CGM suffered another DDoS attack. This time a leak of user data was detected while monitoring its APIs. The container shipping giant shut down its websites and spent several days cleaning up the consequences of the attack. According to some sources, the Ragnar Locker ransomware was to blame.</li>
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Recently maritime transport has become increasingly dependent on operational technology (OT), where outdated infrastructure is becoming a serious problem. Automation in all parts of the logistics supply chain plus the increase in the number of smart devices, including vehicles, expand the boundaries for DDoS attacks. The problem is that logistics companies pay too little attention to this issue. According to the conducted research, leading logistics centers are regularly subjected to targeted attacks using proxy networks, and receive unwanted traffic from known botnets. Nevertheless, the level of cybersecurity remains rather low.

Happy Holidays!

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