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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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CISOs Getting Back to 'Business as Usual,' Proofpoint Survey Shows

SecureWorld News

Proofpoint today released its annual report titled, "2023 Voice of the CISO: Global insights into CISO challenges, expectations and priorities," in which it surveyed 1,600 CISOs sharing their experiences over the past year and their outlook for what is to come for the cybersecurity industry. That's changing.

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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. 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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NetSPI’s Analysis of HTTP/2 Rapid Reset 

NetSpi Executives

A novel 0-day vulnerability referred to as, “HTTP/2 Rapid Reset,” (CVE-2023-44487) sent the cybersecurity industry into quick action to minimize potential risks. This vulnerability abuses certain features of HTTP/2 protocol and allows for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks at an unprecedented scale. of all websites.

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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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Cybersecurity Outlook 2022: Third-party, Ransomware and AI Attacks Will Get Worse

eSecurity Planet

Third-party Risks Take Center Stage. Third-party risks are at the forefront of security concerns, with identity risk management provider SecZetta predicting that “supply chain paranoia” will take over the cybersecurity world this year. Also read: Best Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Tools for 2022.

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Fashion brand Guess hacked, DarkSide ransomware group the likely culprit

SC Magazine

The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation for retailers and further shifted consumer buying habits online, which has expanded their attack surface and heightened the number of vulnerabilities and risks of a breach, said Casey Ellis, founder and CTO at Bugcrowd.

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