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BitPaymer Ransomware Operators Wage Custom, Targeted Attacks

The BitPaymer ransomware operators now are creating new variants of the malware hours before deploying it on a target network - making detection much more difficult.

DNSSEC: The Key to a Modern Cybersecurity Posture

Achieving and maintaining a comprehensive cybersecurity posture is critical for modern enterprises. In this article we discuss how organizations can use DNSSEC to protect themselves from DNS cyber attacks.

Organizations Expect to Boost Their Cybersecurity Investments by 34%

Annual losses from cyberattacks averaged $4.7 million in the last fiscal year — with more than one in 10 firms losing over $10 million —according to a new report from ESI ThoughtLab in conjunction with Willis Towers Watson and other organizations specialized in cybersecurity and risk management.

Multi-Stage Attack Techniques are Making Network Defense Difficult

IT managers are inundated with cyberattacks coming from all directions and are struggling to keep up due to a lack of security expertise, budget and up to date technology, according to Sophos.

3 Steps to Better DDoS Protection

As threats of DDoS attacks continue to increase, enterprises of all sizes are looking for ways to amp up their protection and mitigation techniques.

Insider Attacks Still Far More Difficult to Detect and Prevent Than External Cyber Attacks

A recent survey conducted by Gurucul of more than 320 IT security experts, found that 15 percent of people said they would delete files or change passwords upon exiting a company.

Intelligent Authentication Market Grows to Meet Demand

It's 2019 and we still don't know who the users are. That's a conclusion that both IT executives and growing security companies are eager to see solved. And according to a report from Research and Markets, that eagerness should drive the advanced authentication market to a 12% compound annual[...]

Cloudflare, Verizon, Microsoft, Facebook Experience Major Outages

Last week, Verizon caused a major BGP misroute that took large chunks of the Internet, including CDN company Cloudflare, partially down for a day. This week, the rest of the Internet has apparently asked Verizon to hold its beer.

Equinix Ploughs $1bn into Building xScale Data Centres Across Europe

Data centre firm Equinix will invest $1 billion (approximately £793 million) into building six data centres across Europe to support some of the biggest cloud players like Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

How to Overcome the Chinese Internet Landscape Challenges

China’s internet landscape is the largest in the world. With over 800 million Internet users (most of them mobile), the Chinese market represents a big opportunity for US and European companies.