The United States Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment against Anonymous Sudan, a hacking group responsible for distributed denial-of-service attacks.  LameDuck, a new threat actor, has carried out several massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to affect critical infrastructure, cloud providers, and various industries.  The group leverages social media to amplify its impact and offers DDoS-for-hire services, blurring the lines between politically motivated attacks and financially driven cybercrime.  A cyber actor executed a variety of attacks targeting diverse entities, potentially motivated by a desire for notoriety rather than ideological beliefs, by actively using social media to publicize their actions and influence public perception. Build an in-house SOC or outsource SOC-as-a-Service -> Calculate Costs It is a Sudanese hacktivist group with ties to Russian groups like Killnet that conducted DDoS attacks targeting critical infrastructure and government websites, motivated by religious extremism and geopolitical interests, raising questions about the extent of Russian influence and potential state-sponsored involvement.  It maximizes the visibility and impact of its cyberattacks by strategically targeting high-profile entities across various sectors and regions, including government, critical infrastructure, law enforcement, media, and tech.  It targeted various industries, likely due to ideological opposition or the potential for widespread disruption.

Source: GBHackers