Small businesses have long been the lifeblood of the U.S. economy, creating more than half of the nation’s jobs, spawning new ideas, generating 54% of U.S. sales and fortifying communities across the country. This momentum shows no signs of slowing down, with some predicting 40% of Americans will be self-employed by the year 2020. Websites, stores and applications will be…
It is imperative that cloud users ensure that their vendor(s) of choice can provide the visibility and protection they need. Cloud adoption continues to accelerate as businesses look to reap the cost, scale and flexibility benefits that are on offer. Whether a business uses a large, well-known public cloud operator or one of the smaller, more focused, specialist cloud /…
It’s been a rough morning for Ubisoft servers, as folks trying to login to Rainbow Six Siege, Ghost Recon Wildlands, For Honor and other popular online titles haven’t had a very high success rate. After initially announcing some general server issues close to 10 a.m., Ubisoft announced officially via Twitter that they are monitoring a DDoS attack. It doesn’t appear…
The Armada Collective hacking group has issued a ransom demand of approximately $315,000 to seven South Korean banks, threatening to launch distributed denial of service attacks against each of their organizations. The threat came just days after fellow South Korean firm NAYANA negotiated a record $1.01 million ransom payment on June 14 to remedy an unrelated ransomware attack that locked up its…
A massive cyberattack that freezes computers and demands a ransom to open them has hit companies in the U.S. and elsewhere around the world today, U.S. officials and private cybersecurity analysts said. Among the American targets are the giant Merck pharmaceutical company in New Jersey; the Mondelez food company, which produces Oreo cookies; and a major multinational law firm, DLA…
The $1 million ransom payment paid last week by South Korean web hosting company Nayana has sparked new extortion attempts on South Korean companies. According to local media, seven banks have received emails that asked the organizations to pay ransoms of nearly $315,000 or suffer downtime via DDoS attacks. Only five of the seven targets are publicly known, which are…
Looking for lots more answers on net neutrality docket. If the FCC was subject to multiple DDoS attacks that affected input in the Open Internet comment docket, leading House Democrats say that raises questions about the FCC’s cybersecurity preparedness that need answers. That came in letters to the FCC and National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center. “We ask you to…
Businesses should ensure that they are still securely protected against DDoS attacks, despite the recent growth of other trends such as ransomware. That’s the warning from Arbor Networks, which is urging organisations of all sizes to make sure they stay safe online as DDoS attacks are still rife around the world. Speaking to ITProPortal at the recent InfoSecurity Europe 2017…
Business is under assault from cybercriminals like never before, and the cost to companies is exploding. Here’s what you need to know about safeguarding your digital assets. 1. Under attack In the summer of 2015, several of New York’s most prestigious and trusted corporate law firms, including Cravath Swaine & Moore and Weil Gotshal & Manges, found themselves under cyberattack….
Trouble logging in? It may be due to hackers Final Fantasy 14’s servers have been under intense strain this past weekend. It now seems that these issues are the direct result of distributed denial-of-service attacks, Square Enix stated today. The attacks have apparently been going on since June 16, the first day that the game’s second expansion, Stormblood, went live…
