Cloudflare DDoS Protection Service Downed By Anonymous Sudan.

On Thu Nov 09 20:40:37 UTC 2023, Cloudflares own website was hit by a DDoS attack claimed by Anonymous Sudan, using the "Stresser service" Skynet/Godzilla that recently incorporated support for Layer 7 (L7) DDoS attacks, specifically targeting the application layer.

HelloKitty Ransomware Old Code Released, But...

The ransomware gang released their old code from 2020, via a Russian hacker forum on October 9th, 2023. A security researcher using the handle 3xp0rt was the first to report the leak, as far as we know.

The user "kapuchin0" or "Gookee" released the "first branch" of the HelloKitty ransomware encryptor on the forum.

The Swedish Police Internal Systems Down.

Their entire infrastructure is down all over the country of Sweden and they have no clue what is causing it.

"There are certain disturbances in the IT systems that come and go. We are working to resolve it as soon as possible, Diana Qudhaib, press secretary for the police national media centre said." Nov,02, 2023.

It comes and goes and which systems are affected, they would not disclose for security reasons.

U.S Allicance With 40 Countries To Never Pay Ransomware Gangs.

The United States of America has brought together 40 different countries in an attempt to sign a treaty that will prohibit any payments to cyber criminals, more specifically ransomware gangs.

The end goal is to eliminate the hackers' funding mechanism.

The International Counter Ransomware Initiative comes as the number of ransomware attacks grows worldwide and the U.S is the country that suffers the most attacks.

Facebook & Instagram Will Offer Paid Subscriptions.

As of November,2023 META will offer European citizens a way to opt-in to a paid version of Meta’s social media platforms to avoid their data being used for personalized advertising or sold to third-party customers.

European users will have the choice to continue using their services for free with advertisement and tracking, or subscribe to stop seeing ads and get their data sold.

NordVPN Linux App Update V3.16.7.

NordVPN protects your privacy online and lets access media content without regional restrictions.
Strong encryption and no-log policy with 5000+ servers in 60+ countries.

This update affects the following installed package:

• nordvpn

Total size: 34 MB

What's New:

Elon Musk Threathens To Cut Europe Off From X.

Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X, is now considering removing the service formerly called Twitter from Europe, in response to a new internet platform regulation in the region, according to Insider.