A man from the state of Washington has been sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for his role in developing the Satori botnet, which was used to conduct several large-scale DDoS attacks. The Justice Department also unsealed indictments naming co-conspirators.
A massive DDoS attack generating 809 million packets per second was recently directed against a large European bank, according to the security firm Akamai, which describes in a new report the unusual approach the attackers took.
Compromised Credentials Monitoring (CCM) allows users to monitor exposure of compromised credentials for their enterprise domains and customer email addresses to take action after breaches to mitigate risk of account takeover (ATO). Flashpoint's advanced technology quickly collects and processes data and credentials,...
The thriving cybercrime economy of vendors hawking illicit offerings on underground marketplaces grants access to resources that reduce barriers to entry for crimes ranging from fraud to DDoS attacks.
Pricing trends for these offerings shed light not only on their accessibility to threat actors, but also on how...
Dutch police have shut down 15 DDoS booter sites over the course of a week. Meanwhile, they've arrested a 19-year-old in connection with DDoS attacks on two government websites.
Distributed denial-of-service attacks are spreading to new channels, including the internet of things, says Netscout's Hardik Modi, who offers insights from a new threat intel report.
The U.K. Labour Party says its systems were hit by a large-scale online attack that disrupted access to some campaigning systems, but led to no breach. The attack report comes amidst the Conservative government's refusal to release a report into alleged Russian interference in the Brexit referendum.
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia is investigating a DDoS attack that temporarily blocked access to several of its European and Middle Eastern sites over the weekend.
A massive botnet attack earlier this year utilized more than 400,000 connected devices over the course of 13 days, according to researchers at the security firm Imperva.
A distributed denial-of-service attacker who crashed a popular gaming service at Christmas has been sentenced to serve 27 months in prison. Austin Thompson has also been ordered to pay $95,000 in damages to Daybreak Games.
A staggering 79% of organizations are unable to distinguish between good and bad bots, thus leading all too often to large attacks that go undetected by standard protection and mitigation systems and strategies.
This is the reason why implementing a global business strategy and innovative solutions against bots...
Traditionally, enterprises have built networks and then added security elements. But in what he describes as "the third generation of security," Fortinet's John Maddison promotes a model of security-driven networking. Hear how this can improve an organization's security posture.
APTs can be particularly harmful to financial service organizations, raising the need for early detection of malicious intruders. This white paper describes three use cases that illustrate how Illusive's technology is helping these organizations stay ahead of advanced attackers.
Download this report to learn how...
Be it public, commercial, or private, cyber threat intelligence comes from many different sources and plays a vital role in an organization's cybersecurity strategy. But threat intelligence by itself is useless unless it can be made actionable.
So once you have that intelligence in hand, how do you enforce it at...
For the first time, members of the secretive "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing group will make a joint public appearance to discuss how they collaborate, sharing a stage in Glasgow, Scotland, during the CyberUK conference. The Five Eyes alliance comprises Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K. and U.S.
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