The government of Ecuador has been hit with millions of "cyberattacks" following its withdrawal of asylum protection for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his arrest by British police last week, an Ecuadorian official says.
At ISMG's Fraud Summit in New York, former Black Hat hacker and hacktivist Hector Monsegur explains why security executives need to listen to people like him and why attackers simply won't go away.
Mirai, the powerful malware that unleashed unprecedented distributed denial-of-service attacks in 2016, has never gone away. And now a new version has been equipped with fresh exploits that suggest its operators want to harness the network bandwidth offered by big businesses.
Malicious bot attacks now account for nearly one-third of all Internet traffic. These attacks specifically target the web, mobile and API applications that power today's hyper-connected organizations that rely on the Internet to connect with customers and support business processes. The goal of these bad actors is...
Good bots vs. bad bots. How can you manage them if you can't tell the difference? Bad bots constitute one of the gravest threats to websites, mobile applications and APIs owned by businesses. Bots cause a range of business problems, such as account takeover, application DDoS, API abuse, web scraping, spam creation,...
Bot technology is becoming increasingly sophisticated and bot traffic right now makes up more than 50% of all internet traffic - more than human. It's a complex problem. The difference between bot and human activity is hard to differentiate, and we all operate in a system where bots solve many of our business...
Cybersecurity is like fighting a never-ending battle against a relentless foe. It's not about wiping out the threat for good; it's about staying one step ahead. Welcome to the battle. Bot Management is a crucial tactic in this ongoing battle. Right now, over 50% of internet traffic is bots. However, not all bot...
The increasing scale, complexity, and volatility of the internet may be putting your business at risk. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a top concern for every IT organization. Regardless of your company's size or industry, a DDoS attack can tarnish your reputation and impact your bottom line. DDoS...
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features a summary of alarming new findings about the ability of the U.S. to counter a nation-state malware attack. Plus, a discussion of "fusion centers" at banks and an update on the targeting of Webstresser subscribers.
Network security professionals are responsible for using the lessons learned from previous experiences to build controls that will protect systems in the future. This can be an easy process, but it's often complicated by the daily tasks needed to make an enterprise run.
To ensure you stay up to speed, download the...
The number of attacks over 10Gbps have doubled, while the duration of attacks continues to decrease
The Internet-connected world continues to grow more complex, due to faster connections, the widespread adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and the use of cloud services. At the same time, Distributed Denial...
With the explosion of poorly secured IoT devices being regularly herded into larger and larger botnets, it's hardly a surprise that DDoS attacks are now so common and damaging. What is surprising, is that many companies still lack adequate protection against these attacks, especially in an era when Internet...
A U.K. court has sentenced Daniel Kaye, 30, after he admitted launching DDoS attacks against Liberia's largest telecommunications company in 2015 and 2016. A rival internet services provider paid Kaye $100,000 to launch the attacks.
Payments company CashFlows delivers all its offerings - including
its latest generation of products in the cardholder-present space
- via the cloud, it cannot afford attacks that make its service
unavailable.
Knowing that DDoS threats aren't going away, CashFlows wanted to
find a reliable,...
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