Lumen mitigates 14% more DDoS attacks in Q2 than Q1 as criminals profit from ransom attacks

The second quarter of 2021 was particularly active for cybercriminals, and many high-profile events dominated the headlines.

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More than one-third of companies employ managed security services to hunt cyber threats

Alert Logic, the provider of Security-as-a-Service solutions, announced data from Crowd Research Partners’ 2018 Threat Hunting Report that shows 84% of companies agree that threat hunting should be a top security initiative, yet 76% believe their

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Many consumers fail to practice basic cyber hygiene, as per Tenable study

A study conducted online by Harris Poll, on behalf of Tenable, has found that consumers still fail to practice basic security cyber hygiene. While nearly all respondents (94%) were aware

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Number of DDoS attacks have doubled in six months as criminals leverage unsecured IoT devices

Organisations experienced an average of 237 DDoS attack attempts per month during Q3 2017 – equivalent to 8 DDoS attack attempts every day – as hackers strive to take their

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Masergy creates new detection and response tool with integrated Network Visibility

Masergy, a provider of global software defined networking, managed security and cloud communications solutions, announced the release of its new Network Visibility Tool. Bundled with the Masergy Managed Detection and Response service, the new tool leverages Netflow

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Evaluating your IT risk – how and why

Ensuring complete protection against cyber criminals can be a virtually impossible task, but organisations can give themselves the best chance of avoiding an attack by performing regular IT risk assessments.

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Emerging threats are encouraging greater collaboration among IT security professionals

Concerns around emerging threats such as ransomware and polymorphic malware have sparked a significant increase in collaboration by the cybersecurity industry, according to new research published by AlienVault®, the leading

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Is a certain level of fraud an acceptable cost of doing business?

Every business, in every area, risks being a victim of fraud. High profile issues such as cyber-attack or DDoS get the headlines, but often it is simpler issues that cause

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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

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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

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