Welcome to InfoRiskToday’s DDoS Resource Center!

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.

Gain a Competitive Advantage with Third-Party Security

Tori Taylor • May 11, 2022

Third parties need to equip themselves with the technology that is mindful of the current third-party risk landscape.

Access Management

Why Third Parties Are an Organization's Biggest Risk Point

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Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery

European Union Officials Call for Stricter Cyber Rules

Dan Gunderman • March 22, 2022

Just one day after the White House warned that intelligence is pointing to potential offensive cyberattacks out of Moscow, European Union officials are calling for more stringent cybersecurity rules.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

New Mirai-Based Campaign Targets Unpatched TOTOLINK Routers

Prajeet Nair • April 5, 2022

A new ongoing malware campaign is currently being conducted in the wild, targeting unpatched TOTOLINK routers. By leveraging a newly released exploit code, threat actors can use this variant of the Mirai botnet, called Beastmode, to potentially infect vulnerable devices.

Finance & Banking

Survey: State of Security Automation in Financial Services

Tom Field • April 1, 2022

When it comes to advanced threat response, 42% of financial institutions say their current abilities are average. Only 35% say automation currently plays a strong role. Josh Zelonis of Palo Alto Networks and Sid Srivastava of Accenture analyze the State of Security Automation in Financial Services.

Access Management

Why Access Governance Is Crucial For Strong Cybersecurity

Isa Jones • April 1, 2022

If an organization doesn’t know who is accessing what, how can they be trusted to make sure a bad actor isn’t gaining access to data, assets, or systems they shouldn’t?

CISO Trainings

Securing Industry 4.0: Insights From New Research

Tom Field • March 29, 2022

Eighty percent of survey respondents say they either are well on the way or getting started toward becoming a "smart manufacturing company." Cloud migration, business resiliency and securing OT environments are among their priorities. Del Rodillas of Palo Alto Networks analyzes the survey results.

CISO Trainings

How Has COVID-19 Changed CISO Approach to Data Security?

Tom Field • March 29, 2022

Fifty-three percent of survey respondents say cyberthreats became fiercer during COVID-19, and 17% say the pandemic disrupted their data security initiatives. These are among findings of a new survey sponsored by HelpSystems. Cary Hudgins analyzes the results and discusses how to put them to work.

Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery

DDoS Attack Downs Several Israeli Government Websites

Mihir Bagwe • March 15, 2022

On Monday night, Israeli government websites including those of the prime minister and the ministries of Interior, Health, Justice, and Welfare, went offline. The Israel National Cyber Directorate confirmed a massive DDoS attack against a communications provider, resulting in temporary access loss.

Application Security & Online Fraud

How a Global Pandemic Changed the Fraud Landscape

Tom Field • March 14, 2022

Pete Barker was a cybersecurity Digital Loss Prevention practitioner before joining SpyCloud as Director of Fraud & Identity. He saw first-hand the impact of COVID-19 on fraud incidents, which are more automated and broadly targeted. He explains how "COVID changed all the rules" and how defenders can raise their game.

Cybercrime

Dayslong DDoS Attack With Embedded Ransom Note Mitigated

Prajeet Nair • March 7, 2022

An undisclosed website was the victim of a massive, dayslong distributed denial-of-service attack. The threat actor included a ransom note as part of the attack, instead of contacting the victim separately, and the DDoS attack has been mitigated, researchers at cybersecurity company Imperva say.

Cloud Security

Extending Zero Trust to Your SaaS Applications

Glenn Chisholm • March 3, 2022

Digital Identity

Why You Need Digital Trust to Enable Zero Trust

Tom Field • February 24, 2022

Zero trust, identity-first and perimeter-less security - they all need digital identities to establish digital trust. Join Sectigo's CSO and former Gartner analyst David Mahdi to learn about the importance of identity-first security and establishing digital trust for human and machine identities.