CISO November 1, 2016

Lessons From the Dyn DDoS Attack

5 min read - Domain name provider Dyn suffered the largest DDoS attack in history on Oct. 21. DDoS is nothing new, but the attack highlights some alarming trends.

October 23, 2016

Multiphased DDoS Attack Causes Hours-Long Outages

3 min read - Though DDoS attacks using authentic IoT devices are easy to detect, they are one of the more difficult attack types to remediate.

Data Protection August 26, 2015

Blurred Lines: Researching the Ashley Madison Data

4 min read - Ashley Madison's recent data dump provided security researchers with a treasure trove of information — but is looking into the breach completely legal?

August 20, 2015

Research Shows DDoS Attack Volumes Doubling as Threat Vectors Proliferate

2 min read - Cybercriminals are using everything from home routers and WordPress plugins to legacy directory services to launch a DDoS attack, new research shows.

July 14, 2015

When the Canary Stops: New Bitcoin Mining Hack a Wake-Up Call?

2 min read - A recent cyberattack on a bitcoin mining site has many users wondering: Has the canary sung its final song? Could this be the end of the currency?

Mainframe April 28, 2015

Study: Basic Needs Critical Infrastructure Sectors Account for 8 Percent of All Incidents in 2014

2 min read - According to a recently released IBM study, the basic needs critical infrastructure sectors accounted for 8 percent of all security incidents in 2014.

April 23, 2015

New Cyberattacks Put Public Officials’ Private Data at Risk

2 min read - New cyberattacks are putting public officials' private data at risk as cybercriminals use an informationg gathering technique known as doxing.

Fraud Protection April 21, 2015

Taking Evasive Actions Against Cyberfraud

2 min read - Cybercriminals are investing time and effort to improve their cyberfraud techniques in order to evade detection by security researchers and solutions.

April 15, 2015

Redirect to SMB Vulnerability: 18-Year-Old Flaw Morphs Into Huge Threat to Windows Machines

2 min read - Researchers say an old SMB vulnerability in Windows can be used to steal login credentials and take over some systems entirely using malicious URLs.

April 13, 2015

WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Puts an Estimated 1 Million Sites at Risk of XSS Attacks

2 min read - A WordPress plugin vulnerability related to WP Super Cache could let cybercriminals create back doors, add new administrators or worse, experts say.