Tag: Cyberattacks

Nearly one-third of incidents reported in Q3 were classified as "destructive attacks," according to a recent report, putting election security at risk leading up to the 2018 midterms.

It's not enough to follow a rough outline of your incident response strategy. Conduct regular, intensive, detailed exercises within a well-defined framework to establish cybersecurity muscle memory.

IBMer Mike Barcomb draws upon his experience in the U.S. Army Reserve to lead a team of incident response experts through careful planning, regular rehearsals and quick decision-making.

Even after a successful attack, security teams can still minimize the financial and reputational damage associated with a breach by following the IBM X-Force cyberattack framework.

An attacker who gains access won't necessarily walk away with an organization's proprietary data. Here's how a cyberattack framework can help you subvert an attacker already in a network.

In the external reconnaissance and launch attack phases of the X-Force IRIS cyberattack preparation framework, threat actors look for vulnerabilities and tailor their attacks to exploit them.

The IBM X-Force IRIS cyberattack preparation and execution frameworks aim to help security teams predict threat actors' motives and tactics and communicate security intelligence more clearly.

The Science Channel documentary, "Dark Web: Fighting Cybercrime," shows why practice runs are essential to help security teams and business leaders keep their cool in the face of a cyberattack.

The largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that occurred in the spring of 2018 targeted GitHub and lasted more than eight minutes and measured 1.3 Tbps. How will you face such an attack?

Healthcare information technology (IT) professionals are worried about ransomware but are struggling with a more persistent cybersecurity infection: insider threats.