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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.

Effective Security Programs: Keeping Pace With Threats

Jeremy Kirk • September 24, 2021

An effective security control program should focus on people and processes and not just technology, says Ashwin Ram, cyber security evangelist with Check Point. Ram also shares his insights on data breach trends.

Establishing Cybersecurity in the Era of Resilience

Work from Everywhere, Securely

Exposing Software Supply Chain Risks

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Finance & Banking

A Unified Look at FinCrime

Robert Harris • August 24, 2021

Banks are looking to drive synergies between fraud, cyber and compliance functions to tackle FinCrime hurdles.

Finance & Banking

Financial Service versus Fraud – the Battle Continues

Simon Viney • August 24, 2021

Despite these financial headwinds, new ways are emerging for FIs to differentiate on the quality of fraud prevention and outreach they can provide to customers.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Utilizing Data Opportunities and Risks in Insurance to Protect Customers and Drive Greater Differentiation

Robert Harris • August 24, 2021

Greater data-sharing opportunities and collaboration makes it easier to identify and understand good customers, not just the bad.

Cybercrime

Record-Setting DDoS Attack Hits Financial Service Firm

Prajeet Nair • August 21, 2021

Security firm Cloudflare says it detected and mitigated a 17.2 million request-per-second distributed denial-of-service attack, almost three times larger than any previously reported HTTP DDoS attack.

DDoS Protection

Researchers Describe New DoS Attack Method

Rashmi Ramesh • August 17, 2021

Scientists from the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado Boulder say they have discovered a new way that attackers could launch reflected denial-of-service amplification attacks over TCP by abusing middleboxes and censorship infrastructure.

Governance & Risk Management

The Executive Perspective Series featuring the White House Executive Order and More

, • July 2, 2021

Join our discussions as we talk with cyber industry experts and leaders about the various elements of the WHEO and how we can collectively work to elevate our nation’s cybersecurity posture.

Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development

Security Meets 'Work from Anywhere'

Tom Field • June 18, 2021

It was one thing to secure employees in a central office; quite another to secure them at home. What happens now in the hybrid workforce? Mike Anderson of Netskope outlines the key cybersecurity recommendations from his 'Return to Work' playbook.

DDoS Protection

Peak DDoS Traffic Up 100%, Researchers Report

Rashmi Ramesh • June 18, 2021

The daily peak of DDoS attack traffic increased 100% from January 2020 to May 2021, reaching 3 Tbps, with most of the high-bandwidth, high-intensity attacks originating from fewer than 50 hosting companies, Nokia Deepfield reports.

Cybercrime

Fake Lazarus DDoS Gang Launches New 'Attacks'

Doug Olenick • June 11, 2021

Traditional ransomware attacks may have taken over the news, but Proofpoint researchers say the malicious actors who presents themselves as the North Korean-backed Lazarus advanced persistent threat group have revamped their distributed denial-of-service ransom extortion strategy and rebranded.

Governance & Risk Management

'Zero Trust': Beyond Transformation

Tom Field • May 18, 2021

Applications, the network, security - they all have been affected by the seismic changes of the past year, and they drive the need for adopting the "zero trust" model. Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry and Nexteer Automotive CISO Arun DeSouza discuss the necessary mindset shift.

Events

Fraud 2021: Mules, Synthetic IDs, Deep Social Engineering

Tom Field • May 16, 2021

The global fraud landscape has shifted dramatically in the past year. Uri Rivner and Erin Englund of BioCatch discuss the urgency of catching money mules, stopping synthetic IDs and schemes that result from deep social engineering.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Sophos on 2021 State of Ransomware

Tom Field • May 16, 2021

Sophos recently released its 2021 State of Ransomware report, and it includes surprising findings on remediation costs, which have more than doubled over the past year. Dan Schiappa tackles the question: Does it pay to pay ransoms?