The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

(“TA”), today announced it has completed its acquisition of Vercara, a leader in cloud-based services that secure the online experience, including managed authoritative Domain Name System (DNS) and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) security offerings that protect organizations’ networks and applications.

DNS 100

DNS DDOS Technology Software 100

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

CHALLENGE: Increasing number of ransomware and DDoS attacks, new vulnerabilities introduced by work-from-home, and the need to protect rapidly growing volumes of IoT devices, has put many enterprise security organizations at a crossroads. This shift requires them to re-think their approach to secure-edge networking, and connected endpoints.

Digital transformation 125

Digital transformation Ransomware Technology IoT 125

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

As cloud computing evolves, so has cloud security, and buyers in the market for cloud security solutions may find themselves facing a dizzying array of acronyms, like CNAPP, CWPP, CSPM, and CIEM. Securing all those new cloud environments and connections became a job for cybersecurity companies.

Architecture 98

Architecture Risk Data breaches Threat Detection 98

Anton on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

and now SSPMs, CNAPPs and perhaps even CDRs are flooding the market seeking to secure the future. An anti-DDoS vendor promised “better zero trust visibility.” RSA 2013 and Endpoint Agent Re-Emergence RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts! These vendors also have huge booths! The past is strong, yet the future now is strong too!

Firewall 191

Firewall Marketing VPN Passwords 191

Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2022

and now SSPMs, CNAPPs and perhaps even CDRs are flooding the market seeking to secure the future. An anti-DDoS vendor promised “better zero trust visibility.” RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts! At the same time, vendors that focus on securing modern cloud environments, all those CSPMs, CWPSs, CIEMs (don’t even!)

Firewall 115

Firewall Marketing VPN Passwords 115

Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2022

According to Richard Bejtlich’s paper on the topic , ‘the United States Air Force coined the phrase ‘advanced persistent threat’ in 2006 because teams working within the service needed a way to communicate with counterparts in the unclassified public world.’ From then on, APT became a heavily used, marketable term. What Is An APT?

Social Engineering 71

Social Engineering Backups Malware Ransomware 71