Police recently arrested the suspected administrators and top users of the stresser/booter service Webstresser.org. Unfortunately, the plethora of such services means the world is unlikely to see a reduction in DDoS attack volumes, says Darren Anstee of Arbor Networks.
Multivector distributed denial-of-service attacks are having a bigger impact than simple volumetric attacks, says Brian McCann, president of Netscout's security business unit, who analyzes the latest trends in an in-depth interview.
Governing cyber risk does not have to feel like crossing a minefield. In this webinar, Andy Norton of Lastline provides insight into the simple traps that organizations fall into, how to correctly estimate the probability of a data breach and how to ensure appropriate remediation if a threat takes place.
Andy will...
More than 95,000 servers that run the open source Memcached utiltity appear to remain vulnerable to being abused to launch massive DDoS attacks, with one such attack reaching a record 1.7 terabits per second. Here's how organizations and IT administrators must respond.
As of Q1 2018, the global cybersecurity community finds themselves inundated with both internal and external advanced threat actors who are stealthier, more resilient and sadly, more effective than they have ever been before. Many organizations are coming to terms with deciding whether their security posture is...
Adoption of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is motivating organizations worldwide to improve existing technical controls for securing personal information. Organizations should be especially aware that the GDPR and other recent legal developments amplify the negative repercussions of a data security...
DDoS extortion comes in many forms. Campaigns over the past three years have varied in their nature and continue to evolve over even the past few months. What lessons can be learned from the latest attacks?
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Characteristics of today's prevalent...
DDoS has undergone a serious change in attack strategy. In previous years it was used a means of gaining hacking credibility in the underground, taking out competitors or just disrupting business normality or the industry.
However, a recent string of attacks has not followed convention, and is forcing security...
In 2014, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued instructions that replaced DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) with the Risk Management Framework (RMF). The RMF is designed to be managed as a continual process as the risk posture evolves over time for each information...
Key gaps in how healthcare entities defend against cybercrime hacking have emerged. Even organizations strictly adherent to HIPAA, NIST or other regulators are still unaware of how their practices compare to their industry peers and whether or not they are lagging behind.
Has your organization assessed and mitigated...
Defending against tomorrow's mobile attacks is a moving target; but new technologies and strategies, including behavioral biometrics and machine-learning-based analytics, are allowing financial institutions to reduce their fraud losses while enhancing their customer experience.
Based on the latest results of ISMG's...
There are many faces of fraud in the insurance market - using stolen identities to obtain a new policy - or just as troubling, an account takeover to make a false claim or change payee information to receive claim funds. And when fraud hits, it hurts everyone in the pool.
At the same time, the insurance industry...
Today's business climate is one of unprecedented regulatory growth, data complexity and cybersecurity concerns. There is a corresponding increase in media attention, customer awareness and Board-level scrutiny.
Organizations must demonstrate that they have a viable process for managing risk and compliance (broadly...
Most organizations have embraced more than one software platform to automate their critical business processes. Platforms are becoming more flexible, allowing users to customize or configure their own applications. As your use cases grow, you may question whether you should leverage an existing platform for your next...
Many security leaders argue over whether their incident response posture needs to be proactive or reactive. But Rsam CISO Bryan Timmerman says it isn't either or - that organizations need both. Here's why.
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