Podcasts News Tech News CyberWire Daily DDoS is on an upward trend, and its being used for extortion. A payroll provider recovers from an unspecified cyberattack. Russia charges Group-IB CEO with treason. NSA, CISA, advise on using VPNs.

DDoS is on an upward trend, and its being used for extortion. A payroll provider recovers from an unspecified cyberattack. Russia charges Group-IB CEO with treason. NSA, CISA, advise on using VPNs.

Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 8:15 p.m.

Distributed denial-of-service attacks have been making a comeback, and many of them represent criminal extortion attempts. A major British payroll provider is recovering from a cyberattack, but it\u2019s not providing much information on the nature of that attack. Russian authorities arrest the founder of Group-IB on treason charges. Johannes Ullrich from SANS on Out of Band Phishing Using SMS messages. Our UK correspondent Carole Theriault wonders how online trolling is still a thing. And NSA and CISA release guidelines on secure use of virtual private networks.\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/10/188\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices