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IBM announced a new cloud solution that combines software analytics and cloud security services to fend off web-based DDoS attacks for organizations doing business on the web …

DDoS perpetrators changed tactics in Q3 2013 to boost attack sizes and hide their identities, according to Prolexic. “This quarter, the major concern is that reflection …

Akamai Director of Security Intelligence, Josh Corman, gives an overview different adversary classes and their motivations.

ThreatMetrix announced data ranking the top U.S. cities for the origination of online fraud. The data reveals that Santa Clara, CA, is the nation’s top spot for online …

Four in ten (40%) smartphone users in the United States agree that they don’t understand cyber security well enough to know how to protect themselves, according to …

Think about all the passwords we use to access information every day. Whether it is email, social media, financial institutions or numerous other services, passwords have …

Network Mapper – better known by its shortened name Nmap – is one of the most long-lived security tools out there. Used for scanning computer networks for ports, …

Social engineering has for a while now been cyber attackers’ best bet to enter systems and compromise accounts when actual hacking doesn’t work, or when they …

The number of companies falling victim to fraud has increased in the past year, according to the 2013 Kroll Global Fraud Report. Overall, 70 percent of companies were affected …

Arbor Networks have collaborated with Google Ideas to create a data visualization that maps global DDoS attacks. Google Ideas – a “think/do’ tank – …

What are PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications), and how should they be classified in the mobile (specifically Android) environment? PUAs are not technically malware, and …

OpenDNS researchers found that higher education networks are 300 percent more likely to contain malware than their enterprise and government counterparts. The study also …