Information sharing is key. The more we share about attacks - vulnerabilities and vectors - the more we will learn about how the attacks are waged, who's behind them and what they're after.
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.
The recent wave of DDoS attacks against top U.S. banks is a wake-up call for organizations that are ill-prepared to fight against such an attack. NIST's Matthew Scholl offers strategies to mitigate the threat.
As missiles and bombs do real damage in Israel and Gaza, a veteran Israeli cybersecurity expert, Amichai Shulman, downplays the significance of the assaults waged against Israeli websites, contending any damage has been minimal.
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,...
It's been nearly a month since the latest DDoS attack against a U.S. banking institution. What do the hacktivists say? Are the attacks over, or can we expect to see a new round of assaults?
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."
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.
HSBC Holdings, a British multinational bank, is the 10th financial institution to suffer online outages as a result of a distributed denial of service attack in recent weeks. What was the impact of the attack?
BB&T Corp. confirms it's been hit by a DDoS attack, making it the ninth U.S. bank to be targeted in five weeks. The online outage at BB&T comes on the heels of the attack that hit Capital One on Oct. 16.
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As DDoS attacks on banks continue, institutions can take immediate steps to lessen the impact on customer experience and reduce fraud risks. Jason Malo of CEB TowerGroup offers insight.
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