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High-impact DDoS attacks target zero-day exploit in Mitel systems

CSO Magazine

Security researchers, network operators and security vendors have detected a new reflection/amplification distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) vulnerability actively being exploited to launch multiple high-impact DDoS attacks.

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Online retailers should prepare for a holiday season spike in bot-operated attacks

Security Boulevard

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, retail websites can expect a spike in account takeover fraud, DDoS, and other attacks, including attacks via APIs, which now represent almost half of e-commerce traffic. Leer más CSO Online. Online retailers should prepare for a holiday season spike in bot-operated attacks.

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What does the Colonial Pipeline attack tell us about security today?

IT Security Guru

The first relates to reports that there was no Chief Security Officer (CSO) in place. It was rare to find a dedicated figurehead on the board, with the exception of major banks and finance houses because of the regulated markets they operated in. Fast forward to today and its rare not to have a CSO for very obvious reasons.

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Akamai's new cloud firewall capabilities aim to protect network edge

CSO Magazine

Content delivery network (CDN) and cloud security services provider Akamai Technologies has added a network cloud firewall capability to its cloud-based DDoS platform, Akamai Prolexic. To read this article in full, please click here

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Online retailers should prepare for a holiday season spike in bot-operated attacks

CSO Magazine

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, retail websites can expect a spike in account takeover fraud, DDoS, and other attacks, including attacks via APIs, which now represent almost half of e-commerce traffic. To read this article in full, please click here

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Security Roundup October 2023

BH Consulting

A companion to Europol’s IOCTA 2023 report , it digs deeper into malware – ransomware in particular – and DDoS attacks. Stealing sensitive data could become the central goal of cyber-attacks, feeding the growing criminal market for personal information, Europol said. MORE Have you signed up to our monthly newsletter?