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Combining Cybersecurity with Gaming: Cheats, Insider Threats, Ransomware and More

Security Boulevard

The video game industry has grown considerably since its introduction in the early 1970s, with analysts believing the market to be worth $321 billion by 2026. As such, the gaming industry faces a wide range of cyber and even physical threats as malicious actors are attracted by rising profits.

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GoDaddy offers website owners security protection on World Password Day

CyberSecurity Insiders

Also, the firewall offered by the company blocks all kinds of DDoS and Malware attacks that could damage the website- thus the reputation of the company. So, all the data that is moving to & from the website to the servers is encrypted, making it tough for the hackers get is a sniff of what is going on.

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Attacks Escalating Against Linux-Based IoT Devices

eSecurity Planet

The primary goal of all this malware is to compromise the devices and systems, pull them into a botnet and use them for distributed denial-of-services (DDoS) attacks, Maganu wrote. That echoes similar reports that have shown an increase in DDoS attacks worldwide. Also read: Top 8 DDoS Protection Service Providers for 2022.

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How Secure Is Cloud Storage? Features, Risks, & Protection

eSecurity Planet

This trend is expected to increase as Gartner projects a threefold rise in unstructured data capacity by 2026. DDoS Attacks DDoS attacks flood cloud services with traffic, overwhelming capacity and causing service outages. The increased scalability of cloud storage can assist effective data recovery solutions.

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Black Hat insights: WAFs are getting much more dynamic making them well-suited to protect SMBs

The Last Watchdog

And, indeed, the global WAF market is growing annually at an estimated 17 percent clip ; companies are projected to spend $8 billion on WAF services by 2026, up from $3.2 And WAF suppliers have been upping their game as well, providing richer threat analysis and reducing the rate of false positives.

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Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

With two options to choose from, the Web Application Protector (WAP) offers DDoS protection , bot management, and is pre-configured to detect the latest threats. Users praised Imperva for its DDoS protection capabilities as well as rule-based controls and signatures. 5 star rating over 208 user reviews on Gartner Peer Insights.

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Best Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs)

eSecurity Planet

billion by 2026, driven not only by remote working and growing cyber threats but also by a massive cybersecurity skills shortage , the demands of government regulations , and the simple cost benefits of outsourcing. Metrics: Monitors more than 195 billion NetFlow sessions daily, and mitigates 120 DDoS attacks per day.