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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.

Sophos: Attacks Drop in Nearly All Sectors But Healthcare

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • September 26, 2024

Ransomware attacks are declining across many sectors - but not in healthcare, where an ongoing surge is reaching a four-year high in incidents, according to new research from security firm Sophos, which surveyed 5,000 IT leaders across 15 sectors and 14 countries between January and February.

Critical Infrastructure Security

Backdoor Found and Defused in Widely Used Linux Utility XZ

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DDoS Protection

Denial-of-Service Attack Could Put Servers in Perpetual Loop

Prajeet Nair • March 21, 2024

A new type of denial-of-service threat can disrupt an estimated 300,000 internet hosts that are at risk of exploitation. Researchers at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security say attackers are using IP spoofing to entangle two servers in a perpetual communication loop.

CISO Trainings

Key Security Challenges and Tooling Approaches for 2024: Survey Results Analysis

Information Security Media Group • March 6, 2024

Discover the top concerns and their priority rankings based on the evolving threat landscape, and how to benchmark yourself against your competitors.

CISO Trainings

A Comparative Study on Cyber Risk: Business vs. Security Perspectives: Survey Results Executive Analysis

Information Security Media Group • February 27, 2024

Business leaders and security leaders agree on the importance of cybersecurity, but there are significant differences in how the two groups perceive and prioritize the threats and view the role of the other party.

3rd Party Risk Management

Research Survey Analysis: Securing Your Third-Party Supply Chain in 2024

Information Security Media Group • February 7, 2024

In this videocast interview, Theo Zafirakos, CISO, Terranova Security, provides expert analysis of the "Securing Your Third-Party Supply Chain in 2024 Survey" results, including a deep dive into the core conclusions, including the core detriments of poor visibility of cybersecurity awareness, and how to better...

Healthcare

Healthcare Edition: Trends in Generative AI Tool Adoption and Security Challenges

Information Security Media Group • January 31, 2024

Experience this captivating interview featuring David Bradley, Vice President of Consulting Services at Clearwater Security, as he provides in-depth analysis on the current state of generative AI trends in the healthcare industry.

Critical Infrastructure Security

Swiss Government Reports Nuisance-Level DDoS Disruptions

Mathew J. Schwartz • January 18, 2024

Switzerland's federal government reports that multiple federal agencies' public-facing sites were temporarily disrupted by distributed denial-of-service attacks perpetrated by a self-proclaimed Russian hacktivist group "as a means of gaining media attention for their cause."

Legislation & Litigation

OpenAI and Microsoft Face New York Times Copyright Lawsuit

Rashmi Ramesh • December 29, 2023

The New York Times is suing OpenAI and its chief backer Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging that OpenAI used without permission "millions" of its copyrighted articles to train the large language models used by ChatGPT and by extension Bing Chat and Copilot.

CISO Trainings

Business Rewards vs. Security Risks of Generative AI: Executive Panel

Information Security Media Group • December 6, 2023

By the numbers, who has implemented GenAI in their organization? Who has a dedicated budget? And who understands the AI regulations for their industry? An expert panel discusses the findings of ISMG's First Annual Generative AI Study: Business Rewards vs. Security Risks.

CISO Trainings

The State of Enterprise Mobile App Security 2023: Results Analysis

Tony Morbin • November 17, 2023

Compromised mobile apps can be an open door to critical enterprise app servers and other back-end systems, and this survey aims to shine a light on a potential hole in most enterprise security walls – exposing potential gaps in CISO awareness.

Cloud Security

Panel Discussion: Cloud Security in Financial Services

Tom Field • November 6, 2023

When it comes to cloud security in financial services, this expert panel agrees: What you don't know can hurt you. Learn of new "security by design" strategies and solutions from Vice President Erika Voss, Ph.D.; Alicja Cade of Google Cloud; and Anthony Belfiore from Wiz.

AI-Powered SASE

Securing Data in a SaaS World

Tom Field • October 17, 2023

Varonis CEO Yaki Faitelson is fond of saying "You can't unbreach data." In this interview, he discusses generative AI, as well as other technologies and trends and how they impact the ways enterprises view and secure their most critical data.

Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery

'This Attack Is Akin to 9/11': Israeli Cyber Leaders Respond

Michael Novinson • October 8, 2023

Israeli cybersecurity leaders reacted Saturday with shock, defiance and resolve to an unprecedented land, sea and air assault by Palestinian militants from Gaza. Much of the Israeli cybersecurity community's anger stems from the deliberate targeting of children and the elderly by Hamas militants.