Cloud computing in critical information infrastructure protection
ENISA has launched a new report looking at cloud computing from a Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) perspective, and identifying that cloud computing is …
TDoS-as-a-service ads pop up on publicly accessible forums
In the past, aspiring cybercriminals with no coding knowledge had to find a way into invite-only underground forums or had to spend hours in chat rooms to gain the trust of …
Myanmar journalists targeted with state-sponsored Gmail attacks
Google has recently begun warning Myanmar journalists and editors about their Gmail accounts potentially being targeted by state-sponsored attackers. The warning – first …
DDoS attack sizes plateau, complex multi-vector attacks on the rise
Arbor Networks released its 8th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR) offering a rare view into the most critical security challenges facing today’s …
DNS attacks increase by 170%
Radware identified a number of new attack methods representative of today’s increasingly sophisticated and severe DDoS threat. Their latest report highlights …
Large-scale DDoS attacks grow bigger and more diversified
In addition to increasing attack sizes, attack volume grew in Q4 2012 and reached the highest number of attacks Prolexic has logged for one quarter. Traditional Layer 3 and …
Aaron Swartz’s death triggers MIT investigation, website hack
The news that well-known Web activist and developer Aaron Swartz took his own life on Friday resounded across the Internet at an amazing speed during this past weekend. Many …
DDoS attackers on U.S. banks get help from hired botnets
It’s already common knowledge that major commercial bank in the U.S. are under a new series of DDoS attacks. As with the first one, the responsibility for this one that …
Arbor Networks updates security and traffic-monitoring platform
Arbor Networks announced the availability of version 5.8 of Peakflow SP, a network-wide infrastructure security and traffic-monitoring platform for service, hosting and cloud …
What DDoS attacks reveal about your security infrastructure
As we close out 2012, there is no doubt that this year will go down as epic in the history books of information security professionals. Looking back on the year it’s not …
Lancope releases new threat intelligence for detecting attacks
Lancope released new threat intelligence for monitoring global cyber attacks. Through its StealthWatch Labs Intelligence Center (SLIC), Lancope is now delivering two new …
Most Americans uninformed about DDoS attacks
Whether motivated by an extreme form of free expression or criminal intent, distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS attacks) are increasingly commonplace worldwide. Yet …
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