IBM today announced the general availability of IBM Cloud Data Shield, a service built to better protect business applications while information is at rest, in transit, and in use. The platform, developed in a partnership with Fortanix, relies on confidential computing, a technology gaining[...]
The volume and complexity of attacks continued to grow in the first quarter of 2020, according to Link11.There has been an increasing number of high-volume attacks in Q1 2020, with 51 attacks over 50 Gbps. The average bandwidth of attacks also rose, reaching 5,0 Gbps versus 4,3 Gbps in the same[...]
Outdated infrastructure, Internet of Things threats, the proliferation of technology, and Internet trust are among the issues that experts predict will cause the biggest problems for security pros by 2022. Businesses will face crises as attackers exploit immature technologies and unprepared victims.
As organizations go digital, so does crime. Today, cybercrime is a massive business in its own right, and criminals everywhere are clamoring to get a piece of the action as companies and consumers invest trillions to stake their claim in the digital universe.That's why the World Economic Forum's[...]
According to a new survey of senior executives, 46% of all small businesses have been the targets of a ransomware attack. And of those companies that have been hit with a ransomware attack, almost three-quarters (73%) have paid a ransom.Forty-three percent of small businesses paid between $10,000[...]
Shadowy sellers want to capitalize on interest in pharmaceuticals promising a potential treatment to COVID-19.NormShield researchers looked for websites using the names of 10 commonly discussed drugs over the last several months. They found a dramatic spike in the number of sites generated to get[...]
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new emerging IoT botnet threat that leverages compromised smart devices to stage 'distributed denial-of-service' attacks, potentially triggered on-demand through platforms offering DDoS-for-hire services.The botnet, named "dark_nexus" by Bitdefender[...]
You've just been asked to look at a multi-cloud solution. You might put on a brave face for upper management, but deep down you know this isn't going to be easy. You're right.Have you recently moved to the cloud? Perhaps you are mulling over your accomplishments having moved to an agile, DevOps[...]
Total end-user spending on IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, recovered in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19) after two consecutive quarters of decline, according to IDC.The 12.4% year-over-year[...]
