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The latest news, views and education about distributed-denial-of-service attacks. New, sophisticated DDoS attacks have increased throughout the world, and security experts predict this trend will continue. Use this DDoS Resource Center for the latest information on detection, mitigation, incident response and ongoing risk management.

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HSBC Bank Alerts US Customers to Data Breach

Mathew J. Schwartz • November 7, 2018

HSBC Bank is warning some of its U.S. customers that their personal data was compromised in a breach, although it says it's detected no signs of fraud following the "unauthorized entry." Security experts say the heist has all the hallmarks of a credential-stuffing attack campaign.

3rd Party Risk Management

Digital Transformation Puts Tremendous Pressure on IT Security; A CISO Perspective

Anti-Malware

Botnets Keep Brute-Forcing Internet of Things Devices

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

Mobile Threats: Myths and Realities

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Cybersecurity

Defending Against Next-Generation DDoS Attacks

Nick Holland • September 21, 2018

DDoS attacks have increased significantly in scale via IoT botnet attacks. Gary Sockrider of Netscout Arbor discusses best practices for dealing with this significant threat.

Encryption & Key Management

Five Actions That Will Immediately Improve SSH Security

Paul Turner • September 18, 2018

Learn how securing your SSH inventory beyond your PAM solution helps compliance with NIST, FISMA, and CDM along with five steps you can take today to strengthen SSH security.

Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB)

It's Time to Move Endpoint Security to the Cloud

Carbon Black • September 5, 2018

Traditional endpoint products are holding organizations back. 's time to move your antivirus to the cloud.

Anti-Fraud

Sophisticated Online Attacks: An In-Depth Analysis

M.K. Palmore , Dan Woods • August 31, 2018

Hear from the FBI on the tenets of cyber defense and current trends in cybercrime. Then, learn from Shape Security about a specific type of cybercrime: imitation attacks.

DDoS

Bank of Spain Hit by DDoS Attack

Mathew J. Schwartz • August 28, 2018

Spain's central bank says its website was intermittently offline as it struggled to repel a distributed denial-of-service attack. The temporary disruption is a reminder "stresser/booter" DDoS-on-demand services remain inexpensive, easy to procure and often effective.

Containerization & Sandboxing

CISO Panel Webinar: Reducing the Cyber Exposure Gap from Cloud to Containers

Information Security Media Group • August 24, 2018

Cybersecurity

Modern Identity and Access Management: How to Build Trust without Sacrificing Security

Tom Field • August 23, 2018

Tom Field and Naresh Persaud of CA Technologies reflect on key findings from their recent Executive Roundtable on Modern IAM.

Cybersecurity

The Road to Business-Driven Security

Information Security Media Group • August 22, 2018

Tom Field and Ben Smith of RSA Security reflect on key findings from their recent Executive Roundtable on business-driven security.

Anti-Fraud

Disrupting the Economics of Cybercrime

Nick Flont • August 21, 2018

Cybercrime is a business and, like any business, it's driven by profit. But how can organizations make credential theft less profitable at every stage of the criminal value chain, and, in doing so, lower their risk?

Application Security

Mobile/Web App Security: How Do You Know it's Working?

August 14, 2018

Nick Holland and Chris Mizell of Arxan Technologies reflect on key findings from their recent Executive Roundtable on mobile security

Cybercrime

Boston Children's Hospital DDoS Attacker Convicted

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • August 3, 2018

A federal jury has convicted a hacktivist who launched DDoS attacks in 2014 on Boston Children's Hospital and another local facility to protest a controversial child custody case.