Security News

DDoS attacks: Brands have plenty to lose, even if attacked only once
2017-10-12 13:30

DDoS attacks continue to be an effective means to distract and confuse security teams while inflicting serious damage on brands. Neustar discovered that brands experienced a 27 percent increase in...

U.S. Cyber Command Launched DDoS Attack Against North Korea: Report
2017-10-02 17:29

Non-destructive Cyber Attack Could be Considered a Warning to North Korean Regime  read more

Three in Four DDoS Targets Hit Multiple Times: Imperva
2017-10-02 14:48

Amid an increase in frequency of repeat application layer distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks during the second quarter of the year, over 75% of targets were hit multiple times, according...

DDoS Attacks More Likely to Hit Critical Infrastructure Than APTs: Europol
2017-09-27 18:07

While critical infrastructure has been targeted by sophisticated threat actors, attacks that rely on commonly available and easy-to-use tools are more likely to occur, said Europol in its 2017...

Cloudflare Announces Unmetered DDoS Mitigation, Geo Key Manager
2017-09-26 13:17

Web performance and security solutions provider Cloudflare announced this week that all customers will benefit from unmetered mitigation against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and...

Three out of four DDoS attacks target multiple vectors
2017-09-26 13:00

Three out of every four DDoS attacks employed blended, multi-vector approaches in the second quarter of 2017, according to Nexusguard. Distribution of DDoS attack vectors The quarterly report,...

Large DDoS attacks over 50 Gbps have quadrupled between 2015 and 2017
2017-09-25 13:30

Organizations are experiencing an increase in the magnitude of DDoS attacks, with the average size of attacks over 50 Gbps quadrupling in just two years, according to A10 Networks. Growth of DDoS...

US Sanctions Iranian Nationals Over DDoS Bank Attacks
2017-09-15 13:48

7 Iranians Already Indicted by Justice Department Over US Banking DisruptionsThe U.S. Treasury Department has announced sanctions against 11 individuals and organizations linked to Iran, some of...

Global DDoS mitigation market trends and developments
2017-09-11 12:30

Frost & Sullivan found that the DDoS mitigation market generated a revenue of $816 million in 2016 and is expected to register a CAGR of 17.1 percent through 2021. Threat actors’ continuous...

Insider threats and ransomware are most feared, followed by DDoS attacks (Help Net Security)
2017-09-08 12:57

A new SANS survey found that ransomware, insider threats and denial of service are considered the top three threats organizations face when it comes to securing sensitive data. According to the...