Palo Alto Networks released research showing how vulnerabilities in the development of cloud infrastructure are creating significant security risks.The Unit 42 Cloud Threat Report: Spring 2020 investigates why cloud misconfigurations happen so frequently. It finds that as organizations move to[...]
As we look ahead to this year and beyond, we can expect to see an explosion in numbers—think billions—with respect to 5G networks connecting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The IoT will be a system of many millions of different types of devices for a multitude of applications. Such devices will[...]
Check Point Research analysts who discovered two vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure have published the details of how these flaws were found and how attackers could potentially use them.The research team began exploring Azure infrastructure in an effort "to disprove the[...]
Organizations are not making progress in reducing their endpoint security risk, especially against new and unknown threats, a Ponemon Institute study reveals.68% IT security professionals say their company experienced one or more endpoint attacks that compromised data assets or IT infrastructure in[...]
Distributed denial-of-service mitigation and infrastructure provider Cloudflare kicked off the new year with the acquisition of a browser security firm and the launch of a new security service that includes a combination of identity and access management, endpoint protection, and Internet filtering.
Microsoft is the most popular supplier of public cloud services and is continuing to gain on AWS, according to research. What's more, the tech giant's cloud platform, Azure, is expected to dominate the market over the next three years. This is according to a survey of over 100 IT executives from[...]
The most widely-used cyber attack method used to breach large companies in 2019 was cross-site scripting (XSS), according to research. The hacking technique, in which cyber criminals inject malicious scripts into trusted websites, was used in 39% of cyber incidents this year.This was followed by[...]
The number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks rose 86% in the third quarter compared to a year ago, with amplification attacks using the domain name system (DNS) remaining the most popular technique for attacking targets.DNS amplification attacks accounted for 45% of the attacks, while[...]
The number of 5G connections is forecast to grow from roughly 10 million in 2019 to 1.01 billion in 2023, IDC reveals.This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 217.2% over the 2019-2023 forecast period. By 2023, 5G is expected to represent 8.9% of all mobile device connections.The[...]
F5 has announced the acquisition of Shape, a company with products and services in the antifraud and abuse category. According to the companies, F5 will pay approximately $1 billion for the privately held Shape.In a blog post to employees, F5 CEO François Locoh-Donou wrote that Shape is currently[...]
