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.

Cloud Security and the Evolving Role of the Firewall

Tom Field • May 8, 2025

As organizations and cybersecurity threats have both moved to cloud, what role will the traditional firewall continue to play? A significant and evolving one, says Rich Campagna of Palo Alto Networks. He talks about this role and how AI is being employed in new solutions.

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Data Privacy

How Linking Identity, Data Security Can Help Cyber Response

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Events

How Generative AI Enables Solo Cybercriminals

Events

Agentic AI Tackles Network Outage Prevention Challenges

AI vs. AI: The New Cybersecurity Battlefield

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Events

The Importance of Quantifying Security Risk for the Board

Michael Novinson • April 29, 2025

Quantifying the potential cost impact of a cyberattack on a critical business operation and demonstrating how to reduce that risk to a more acceptable level is crucial for CISOs gaining cybersecurity budget buy-in from the CFO, board and others, said Sumedh Thakar, president and CEO of Qualys.

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks

Ukrainian Signal Users Fall to Russian Social Engineering

Akshaya Asokan • February 19, 2025

Russian nation-state hackers are using phishing attacks to target Ukrainian users of the chat app Signal, say security researchers. Rather than circumventing Signal's end-to-end encryption via a cryptographic attack, attackers use malicious prompting to prod victims into exposing messages.

Data Masking & Information Archiving

Top 10 Technical Predictions for 2025

Druva • February 13, 2025

Join data experts as they talk about their technical predictions for this year and look back on how well they did last year. The discussion will involve hot topics such as data security in the age of AI and AI-driven simplification of product usability

Cloud Security

From Data Security Blind Spots to Recovery: Close Your Cyber Resilience Gaps

Druva • February 13, 2025

Traditional cybersecurity defenses alone won’t cut it anymore. Organizations need a resilient, well-rounded strategy for fast, clean recovery and continuity. Watch now to learn how to enhance data immutability, security, and cyber remediation to reduce business impact.

Data Privacy

5 Successful Strategies to Overhaul Your Data Security

Druva • February 13, 2025

IT and security teams spend countless hours and dollars managing and maintaining infrastructure and storage to protect their data. So, what does it take to build stronger data security and resiliency? Watch this webinar to learn how 5 different organizations found a path to better security.

AI-Powered SASE

AI Access: Get Visibility Into What's Being Used and How

Tom Field • February 6, 2025

Visibility into access - it's been the bane of many organizations' efforts to understand where and how generative AI is being used throughout the extended enterprise. Jason Georgi of Palo Alto Networks, shared insights into new strategies and tools that overcome the risks of mismanaged access.

Critical Infrastructure Security

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

Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Rockwell PanelView Plus

Prajeet Nair • July 4, 2024

Microsoft has found critical vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation's PanelView Plus products that could enable remote code execution and denial-of-service attacks by unauthenticated attackers, potentially compromising industrial operations.

Events

Proactive Defense Dominates Discussions at ISMG Fraud Summit

Pooja Tikekar • May 27, 2024

Information Security Media Group's Fraud, Security and Risk Management Summit brought together a diverse group of cybersecurity leaders and experts in New York City for a comprehensive day of education and collaboration on payment fraud, identity theft and third-party risk management.

Cyber Insurance

Cyber Insurers Pledge to Help Reduce Ransom Payments

Mathew J. Schwartz • May 14, 2024

A coalition of cyber insurance associations has pledged to back fresh government cybersecurity guidance designed to help victims avoid ever paying a ransom as part of an ongoing push to reduce ransomware's profitability for criminals, in part by improving organizations' resilience and recovery.

Multi-factor & Risk-based Authentication

How to Prevent Attacks that Bypass MFA

CISCO • May 13, 2024

Join for an engaging discussion on how attackers are bypassing MFA and what you can do to prevent them.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

UK Markets Authority Warns of AI Market Capture by Big Tech

Akshaya Asokan • April 12, 2024

The British antitrust authority warned Thursday that the market for foundational models is taking on "winner takes all" dynamics that could entrench a small number of providers. Firms with an outsize presence in offering compute or data resources could restrict access to critical inputs.