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Information sharing proved critical during the recent wave of DDoS attacks that hit leading U.S. banks. What lessons does the experience offer for organizations in other industries? Experts weigh in.
With high-profile DDoS attacks on leading banking institutions, what should the industry do to improve detection and prevention? Akamai's Mike Smith says most steps aren't so difficult to implement.
What will you do if your organization is the next target of a distributed denial of service attack? Hacktivists recently launched DDoS attacks that caused online outages at several major U.S. banks. Each institution was warned in advance; none were able to prevent disruptions. And while banks are the current targets,...
Webster Bank and Zions have confirmed online outages that resulted from distributed-denial-of-service attacks. But is the hacktivist group Izz ad-Din al-Qassam behind the attacks?
Leaders at four security technology companies say the recent distributed-denial-of-service attacks against 10 U.S. banks highlight the need for new approaches to preventing and responding to online outages.
DDoS attacks against U.S. banking institutions have exposed website vulnerabilities organizations have failed to address, says Jason Malo of CEB TowerGroup. Here, Malo offers defense strategies.
On the same day Citi's online and mobile-banking channels went down for undisclosed reasons, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said top U.S. banks are "actively under attack."
A self-proclaimed member of the hacktivist group Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters says Iran is not backing DDoS attacks against leading U.S. banks. What else did he reveal about the DDoS attacks?
Organizations everywhere should be concerned about DDoS attacks. But most are too focused on compliance to pay enough attention to fraud and security fundamentals, says ENISA's John Walker.
As banking institutions await a new wave of DDoS attacks, one security vendor says it foresaw one rare -but effective - element of these attacks as far back as 2006. What can banks expect to see next?
Distributed-denial-of-service attacks on U.S. banking institutions will continue, says Akamai's Mike Smith. And he believes the attackers aren't out just to embarrass the banks, but to commit fraud.
BITS, the technology division of the Financial Services Roundtable, says DDoS attacks on banking institutions are likely to continue and offers a seven-point strategy for preparation and response.
Employing cloud computing services could help organizations defend against the type of distributed denial of service attacks that have temporarily crippled the online service of major American banks, says NIST's Matthew Scholl.
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