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New Botnet Shows Evolution of Tech and Criminal Culture

When botnet-as-a-service meets social media marketing, you have a threat poised to rapidly spread. That's precisely what researchers have found in a quickly evolving botnet called Cayosin (Kay-OH-sin), which combines the most dangerous features of multiple previous botnets and makes them available[...]

8 Months of GDPR: 59,000+ Reported Breaches, 91 Fines

A little over eight months have passed since the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became enforceable, but it’s becoming clear that sweeping data breaches under the carpet has become a very high-risk strategy.

Massive DDoS Attack Generates 500 Million Packets per Second

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks do not have to be bandwidth-intensive to be disruptive and hard to mitigate.

Vulnerable Cloud Infrastructure Experiencing Increasing Attacks

Attackers are increasingly targeting vulnerable cloud infrastructure to exploit it for covert cryptojacking or to deliver ransomware, Securonix researchers warn.

Cloud Customers Faced 681M Cyberattacks in 2018

Cloud customers were hit with 681 million cyberattacks last year, according to analysts at cloud security provider Armor, which recently analyzed cloud attacks detected in 2018.

Cisco Fixes Security Holes in SD-WAN, Webex, Small Business Routers

Cisco has fixed a heap of security holes in a variety of its products, including a critical one affecting its SD-WAN Solution.

83% of Global Respondents Experienced Phishing Attacks in 2018

Proofpoint analyzed data from tens of millions of simulated phishing attacks sent over a one-year period, along with nearly 15,000 cybersecurity professional survey responses, to provide an in-depth look at state of global phishing attacks.

Cybercrime Could Cost Companies Trillions Over the Next Five Years

Companies globally could incur $5.2 trillion in additional costs and lost revenue over the next five years due to cyberattacks, as dependency on complex internet-enabled business models outpaces the ability to introduce adequate safeguards that protect critical assets, according to Accenture

DNS Hijacking Campaign Targets Organizations Globally

Attackers believed to be working out of Iran have manipulated the DNS records of dozens of organizations around the globe to intercept and record their network traffic in what appears to be a large and growing espionage campaign.

How to Prevent Phishing Attacks

Phishing is a method employed by cyber-criminals to access email accounts and systems using deception rather than defeating security protections.