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DDoS Myths: Blackholing and Outsourcing Won’t Stop Everything

eSecurity Planet

Gone are the days when you could get away with doing nothing to prepare for DDoS attacks. With the cost of DDoS attacks falling and their frequency and sophistication growing, even organizations that think their profile is too low to worry about DDoS can still become victims. However, there are limitations to this strategy.

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User Deception: The Biggest Cyber Threat CISOs are Forgetting

Mitnick Security

As a CISO, you're always looking for the next big breakthrough to increase your organization's overall security posture. Next-generation firewalls (NGFW), intrusion prevention systems (IPS), and sophisticated anti-virus software are great, but the answer to strong cybersecurity starts with your weakest link: your employees.

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Salary given to cybersecurity specialists in UK

CyberSecurity Insiders

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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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

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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Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them

eSecurity Planet

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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Combatting ransomware: a holistic approach

IT Security Guru

A firewall or a VPN Gateway, for example, may provide information, which could be used to identify potential attack vectors. 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.

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Think of remote access as a business continuity issue

SC Magazine

A little more than a year ago I had the opportunity to interview 40 CISOs about their enterprise access challenges. These machines are vulnerable by design and are designed for use inside the enterprise firewall. FBI CreativeCommons (Credit: CC PDM 1.0). Business stops. Almost immediately, attackers feasted. We need Zero Trust.