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Most Dangerous Cyberattack Techniques, and What's Coming Next

Experts from SANS presented the five most dangerous new cyber attack techniques in their annual RSA Conference 2018 keynote session in San Francisco, and shared their views on how they work, how they can be stopped or at least slowed, and how businesses and consumers can prepare.

NIST Releases Cybersecurity Framework 1.1

The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced at RSA Conference 2018 the release of version 1.1 of its popular Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, more widely known as the Cybersecurity Framework.

DDos Quick Start Guide

In this guide we will examine the most common types of DDoS attacks, how they are performed and how they can be prevented.

Thousand of WordPress, Joomla and SquareSpace Sites Serving Malicious Updates

According to HelpNet Security, thousands of compromised WordPress, Joomla and SquareSpace-based sites are actively pushing malware disguised as Firefox, Chrome and Flash Player updates to visitors.

Cloudflare Introduces Spectrum and Extends Security and Acceleration to 65,533 More Ports

Cloudflare introduced Spectrum, which brings Cloudflare’s security and acceleration to the whole spectrum of TCP ports and protocols for their Enterprise customers. It’s DDoS protection for any box, container or VM that connects to the internet; whether it runs email, file transfer or a custom[...]

Akamai and Duo Announce a Technology Partnership for Zero Trust

Akamai continues to build a zero trust ecosystem by integrating it's Enterprise Application Access (EAA) with Duo's Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) solution.

2.6 Billion Records Were Stolen, Lost or Exposed Worldwide in 2017

Gemalto released the latest findings of the Breach Level Index, revealing that 2.6 billion records were stolen, lost or exposed worldwide in 2017, an 88% increase from 2016. While data breach incidents decreased by 11%, 2017 was the first year publicly disclosed breaches surpassed more than two[...]

How Akamai Prevents Coin Mining Malware

The rise of cryptocurrency value has resulted in malicious actors doing whatever it takes to achieve capital gain. Spreading coin mining malware is one of the ways cybercriminals are trying to gain the system - and your data could be at risk.

Google Cloud Gives Developers More Insights Into Their Networks

Google has launched a new feature that gives its users to monitor and optimize how their data flows between their servers in Google Cloud and other Google Services.

2018 Trustwave Global Security Report: Cyber Attacks Are Becoming More Organized and Structured

Trustwave released the 2018 Trustwave Global Security Report which reveals the top security threats, breaches by industry, and cybercrime trends from 2017. The report is derived from the analysis of billions of logged security and compromise events worldwide, hundreds of hands-on data-beach[...]