The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a rare cybersecurity bulletin linking North Korea to a series of attacks that have targeted global businesses and critical infrastructure since 2009. The alert focuses on a malware strain called DeltaCharlie, which DHS and FBI say was used by the North Korean government to launch distributed denial of…
DDoS attackers are hitting hard, fast and with no breaks in between, leading to record-breaking attacks over hours or even days, according to Nexusguard’s Q1 2017 Threat Report. Those record-breaking attacks over Valentine’s Day, Chinese New year and other ‘typically quiet’ periods during the season. “In APAC, a lengthy attack January 28-31, the period of Chinese New Year, lasted 2…
To the uninitiated, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack can be a scary, stressful ordeal. But don’t panic. Follow these steps by David Holmes, senior technical marketing manager: Security, F5 Networks, to successfully fight an attack: If you appear to be suffering a volumetric attack, it helps to have a historical sense of your own traffic patterns. Keep a baseline of…
Hacking attempts come amid diplomatic crisis in the Gulf Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera yesterday said it was being targeted with systematic hacking attempts. DDoS assaults affecting Al Jazeera’s websites and digital platforms follow a recent hack of the state news service that resulted in the promotion of false news and is blamed, in part, on an ongoing diplomatic crisis…
If your customers notice something’s wrong before your own security specialists do, you’ve failed on multiple levels When Benjamin Franklin said, “Time is money,” he gave the world an aphorism that would be quoted frequently by businesspeople for more than 200 years. For all his wit and insight, of course, Franklin could never have foreseen the many scenarios for which…
Despite years’ worth of warnings and countermeasures, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to escalate. Every year sees more of them, with increasing duration and severity. The frequency was up by 380% in the first quarter of 2017 compared to the first quarter of 2016, according to Nexusguard, which compiled this set of statistics (PDF) in a new report. From…
Despite detecting an increase in large distributed denial of service attacks in the first quarter of 2017, Corero Network Security has reported that the greatest DDoS threat currently comes from smaller attacks designed to either hide other malicious activities or set the stage for future malicious actions. Corero, which specializes in DDoS prevention, noted in its just released Q4 2016…
Rise of IoT globally is still in its early days hence the level of protection is on the lower end. We all love Internet of Things (IoT), isn’t it? It has brought ‘things’ a.k.a devices, around us to life – from watch, bed, luggage, bulb and clothes to even buildings (in some time). But that love is now turning into…
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have been threatening organizations across the globe in recent years, damaging corporate reputations and causing down time that has inconvenienced customers at best and crippled businesses at worst. 2016 marked a watershed for the volume, virulence and sophistication of attacks. However, this is just the beginning, the worst is yet to come. According to…
Five Democratic senators are seeking an FBI investigation into possible cyberattacks on the Federal Communication Commission’s online comment system. The FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System crashed in the early hours of May 8 in what the agency called “deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard” the commission and render its systems unusable by legitimate commenters. Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Al Franken…
