Bogus DDoS protection pages distribute malware. Estonia deals with DDoS attacks. Roskomnadzor's Internet panopticon.And data-tampering attacks are regarded as a growing risk.

Published: Aug. 22, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

Bogus DDoS protection pages distribute malware. Estonia deals with DDoS attacks. Roskomnadzor's Internet panopticon. Rick Howard on the RSA Security Breach of 2011 and the Equifax breach of 2017. Caleb Barlow on what does a recession mean for cyber security venture capital and what is the impact of this on the industry? And data-tampering attacks are regarded as a growing risk.\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/161\n\nSelected reading.\nWordPress sites hacked with fake Cloudflare DDoS alerts pushing malware (BleepingComputer)\nFake DDoS Pages On WordPress Sites Lead to Drive-By-Downloads (Sucuri Blog)\nCar blast kills daughter of Russian known as 'Putin's brain' (AP NEWS)\nRussia blames Kyiv for killing daughter of \u2018Putin\u2019s Rasputin\u2019, but the truth may be closer to home (The Telegraph)\nAlexander Dugin's daughter killed by anti-war Russians: Former state deputy (Newsweek)\nEstonia Repels Biggest Cyber-Attack Since 2007 (Infosecurity Magazine)\xa0\nEstonia's Battle Against a Deluge of DDoS Attacks (Infosecurity Magazine)\nLatvia Starts Removing Soviet Monument in Challenge to Russia (Bloomberg)\nData-tampering attacks are a 'nightmare' threat that's hard to detect (Protocol)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices