The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2024

Related: France hit by major DDoS attack The Unitronics hack was particularly effective given the nature of the target. Eventually, more organizations may want to consider appointing their CISOs to head all of IT. Unitronics software is used by critical infrastructure (CI) organizations throughout the U.S.

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Mitnick Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As a CISO, you're always looking for the next big breakthrough to increase your organization's overall security posture. In fact, untrained employees are far more likely to lead to a breach than DDoS attacks or any other hacking technique.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 12, 2021

We will help all our customers in defending against the latest threats lurking in the cyber landscape”, said Phil Venables, the VP and CISO of Google Cloud and the founder of the Google Cybersecurity Action Team. The post Google creates a Cybersecurity Action Team appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

And the role he/she needs to play is to track down any potential cyber risks existing in the IT infrastructure and keep it free from issues such as data theft, Ddos attacks and ransomware attacks. CISO or Chief Information Security Officer – A CISO’s role is to plan, design and implement security strategies across the organization.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Tell us a tale,” the CISO said, and one of their number raised their hand. Are we sitting comfortably? Twas a dark and stormy night, and the cybersecurity team stood patiently in their Scrum meeting. They caught the eye of their colleagues, and began… 1. An artists tale Curious reader, gird thy loins. We shall […].

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Vendor reports note huge volume of attacks on local and public infrastructure, such as: CrowdStrike: Monitored hacktivist and nation-state distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks related to the Israli-Palestinian conflict, including against a US airport. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers.

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Graham Cluley

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Plus don’t miss our featured interview with Devo CISO Kayla Williams. All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Maria Varmazis.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Hackers can spread malware via IoT networks, disrupt supply chains in development, and use a fleet of routers as an IoT botnet to launch a DDoS attack. Also Read: Cloudflare Fended Off Mirai Botnet DDoS Attack. This instance can result in NFV data breaches, resource exhaustion, or DDoS attacks. Network Slice Compromise.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Speed is the natural enemy of security, and retailers must beware of increased risks of DDoS attacks, ransomware, fraudulent purchases, [and] phishing campaigns impersonating retailers.”. “As a result, these systems often haven’t been properly tested in high-volume transaction environments before.

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Links we liked Help Net Security rounds up insights into CISO thinking and strategy. MORE DDoS attacks: they havent gone away, you know. Separately, NOYB also filed a complaint against the weather app WetterOnline for sharing users personal data, including precise location information, with third-party advertisers. MORE Got crypto?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2022

Ransomware has already been combined with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks , and Manky notes that ransomware could see the addition of wiper malware, “which could not only wreck data but destroy systems and hardware. … This could be a concern for emerging edge environments, critical infrastructure, and supply chains.”

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This vulnerability abuses certain features of HTTP/2 protocol and allows for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks at an unprecedented scale. What Could Happen If Exploited The industry is seeing large-scale DDoS attacks stemming from exploitation of HTTP/2 Rapid Reset. of all websites. From Rapid Reset to Rapid Response!”

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

“It likewise empowers CISOs and security leaders when communicating risk with boardroom members who may not be well-versed in traditional cybersecurity terminology, enabling them to grasp overall business ramifications more tangibly.”

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 31, 2022

Answer: The day SQL slammer took down our entire state network with a very small number of old systems using a DDoS attack. To hear more from Randy Raw, attend SecureWorld Kansas City next week, where he will be participating in the closing keynote, "CISO Panel: The Future of Work." Yeah, I'm that old.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Plus, a PwC study says increased collaboration between CISOs and fellow CxOs boosts cyber resilience. When bad actors exploit these exposures, incidents commonly include application disruptions, full system takeovers, and DDoS attacks that are often associated with ransomware,” the statement reads.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 19, 2021

The necessarily rapid pace of change left IT departments with precious little time to fully consider new security architectures and the shifting threat landscape, now dominated by ransomware and DDoS. Contributed by Nicolas Casimir, CISO, Zscaler EMEA.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 8, 2021

The classic distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) tactic is still in use. As one CISO shared with me, “Our crisis response and subsequent focus on securing productivity pushed new initiatives to 2021.” With 2020, protests came to the USA. There was a rise in web defacements and data theft. Well, it was. But then it wasn’t.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

While less likely, we cannot rule out a DDoS attack given the sheer volume of outages. Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO at Delinea: "The MGM Resorts IT and security teams are going through security professionals' worst fears and nightmares right now, which all security professionals can empathize with.

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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.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It’s no surprise that many enterprise CISOs are suffering from ‘tool fatigue’ — having too many tools from too many vendors complicating an already complex threat environment,” said Robert Watson, Director of the Risk & Cyber Strategy Consulting Practice at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). It’s a good buy for Thales.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 25, 2019

As organisations work to improve their ability to manage information risk, the importance of having a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is also being recognised. This is happening throughout organisations, which is a positive step. It’s a war zone.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2021

A little more than a year ago I had the opportunity to interview 40 CISOs about their enterprise access challenges. Today’s columnist, Dor Knafo of Axis Security, says companies have to think of remote access as a high-priorty business continuity issue. FBI CreativeCommons (Credit: CC PDM 1.0).

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2018

Analysis of the code indicates that it could be used as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) platform if enough devices are compromised. He is currently Global CISO for the ATCO Group of companies. At the same time, the binary attempts to spread to other devices as a worm.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2021

They enable a larger group of criminals to launch multi-pronged attacks on large corporations and public institutions that includes extortion by threatening to name and shame victims, as well as DDoS attacks. MORE Advice and lessons learned from a young, female CISO. MORE Prof Ciaran Martin weighs in on the encryption debate.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

“Where we might have previously relied on what was provided in a short, written application, today we regularly have hour-long underwriting calls with clients, often speaking with their CISOs and security teams, to understand their risk and what security protocols they have in place.”. Also see: Best Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Tools.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Its a recognition of Impervas market-leading solutions and ability to protect customers from DDoS attacks, malicious bots, business logic abuse, and more. Expert Insights Recognition Were thrilled to be recognized by tech review platform Expert Insights in their shortlist of leading B2B tech software for CISOs and IT managers.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 11, 2022

If the unthinkable were to happen to your business, what’s your disaster recovery plan? If bad actors were to inject ransomware into your system, what’s your process for a return to normal working? Google the words “What do I do if I have a cybersecurity breach” and the first twenty results will start with the […].

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Its a recognition of Impervas market-leading solutions and ability to protect customers from DDoS attacks, malicious bots, business logic abuse, and more. Expert Insights Recognition Were thrilled to be recognized by tech review platform Expert Insights in their shortlist of leading B2B tech software for CISOs and IT managers.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This policy’s execution will be overseen by the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Example: “The policy outlines processes for dealing with cloud-related risks such as ransomware and DDoS attacks. Each function is assigned specific data protection, access management, and policy compliance responsibilities.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

These are the new resources: “ The Guide for Preparing and Responding to Deepfake Events ,” which unpacks four types of deepfake schemes – financial fraud, job interview fraud, social engineering and misinformation – and offers guidance about each one in these areas: preparation detection and analysis containment eradication and recovery post-incident (..)

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

One of the most common is a distributed denial of service (DDoS). Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing charges against the CISO of SolarWinds highlights the fact that CISOs will be held accountable. These attacks are easy to launch and hard to prevent. Governance First, the U.S. Next up is data privacy.

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Birth of DIE: Distributable, Immutable, Ephemeral It’s time to face the challenge with a fresh perspective, says Sounil Yu, CISO at JuniperOne, and build our security systems on three additional tenets to achieve resilience against attacks: DIE. A well-distributed system is DDOS-resistant and ensures availability.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

He was the first CISO for a US presidential campaign, working for Pete Buttigieg. Baccio: it's not just a ransomware attack, whether it be you know, data Expo, whether it be DDoS whether it just be site defacement, whether it just be extortion or intelligence collection. Vamosi: I should explain that Mick has a pretty cool background.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Tyler Farrar, CISO, Exabeam. Not only do we anticipate the use of automation to create scale – for example in DDoS attacks and the communication of malware – but we’re seeing machine learning (ML) being used to make attacks more effective.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Armed with uses cases and identifying the conditions that prompt the People's Republic of China (PRC) to commit cyber offensives, a 76-page report from Booz Allen Hamilton presents a framework for anticipating and interpreting PRC attacks and helps CISOs identify factors that increase an organization's risk from cyberattacks.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

At times it can seem like a war of attrition, which brings us to the first series of predictions for 2020: CISOs will get worse at their jobs. In all seriousness, the CISO shortage as well as many of the innovations discussed in this list of predictions will be increasingly powered by Artificial Intelligence. .

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