News tagged: cyber-attacks

12 February, 2019

How ISPs and CSPs can reap the benefits of network-based security

Pressure is mounting for communications service providers (CSPs) to begin helping their customers prevent cyber-attacks, but this can be especially tough when users have entire families to protect, writes Neil Cook, the vice president of Products Security at Open-Xchange. Often, this can mean providing protection on upwards of five smart devices, such as virtual assistants, smart fridges and smart thermostats, per household – and that’s in addition to more conventional devices, like smartphones and laptops.

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09 January, 2019

Weaponised emails pose the biggest threat to cyber security

UK cyber security provider Glasswall Solutions predicts the decline of mass cyber-attacks as criminals opt for more tailored methods, with awareness growing that anti-virus technology fails to provide full protection. (more…)

18 October, 2017

Don’t be the next Equifax

2017 has been dominated by high-profile data breaches, writes Mike Pittenger, the vice president for security strategy at Black Duck Software. You could well be the next victim, joining Verizon, Bell, HipChat, the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), and an ever-growing cast of businesses whose customers’ personal data has been stolen in cyber attacks. Let’s take a look at one specific, high-profile breach – Equifax – and what lessons can be learned from Equifax’s mistakes.

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12 October, 2017

Telecoms industry and DNS attacks: Attacked the most, slowest to fix

Telecoms organisations face the most DNS-based attacks, and each attack costs companies an average of £460,000 (€513,000) to remediate. So says EfficientIP, a provider of DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) solutions, in its latest report on cyber security in the global telecoms industry.  (more…)

18 August, 2017

Short, frequent, low-volume DDoS attacks continue to dominate

Service providers, hosting providers and digital enterprises are all impacted by DDoS attacks. But besides the headline-grabbing volumetric attacks, another more sinister DDoS method lies in the shadows. (more…)

23 May, 2017

The enterprise manager’s checklist to getting to grips with DDoS attacks and the Botnet army

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks jumped into the mainstream consciousness last year after several high-profile cases – one of the largest and most widely reported being the Dyn takedown in October 2016. (more…)

16 May, 2017

Telcos: when it comes to IoT security, prevention is always better than cure

Smart devices have arguably made consumers’ lives easier, and as they become more affordable, more of us are investing in the IoT. However, all too often, these smart devices are being manufactured with affordability in mind and security as an afterthought. (more…)

05 May, 2017

Secure IT: Profile of a White Hat hacker

Ever wondered who these ‘hush-hush’ people are that help to keep our networks safe? Here we talk to Lawrence Munro, director of SpiderLabs EMEA for Trustwave, about the role of the ‘White Hat hacker’. (more…)

14 April, 2017

DDoS via the Internet of Things – the first wave of attacks?

In the last year, we’ve all heard of the Mirai malware, but did you know that Mirai is Japanese for ‘the future’? And that’s what I believe we are seeing: The future of cyber-attacks. (more…)

16 February, 2017

IoT-enabled products bring risks as well as benefits, warns Stericycle

In 2016 there were approximately 17.68 billion connected devices globally and predictions suggest that this could grow fourfold by 2025. However, according to the new Recall Industry Spotlight, released by Stericycle ExpertSOLUTIONS, these devices also come with potentially serious drawbacks. (more…)