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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. Fast forward to today and its rare not to have a CSO for very obvious reasons. The fact that 55% of organisations experience a DDoS attack against their APIs at least monthly is a prime example of the threats being entertained.

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P-to-P fraud most concerning cyber threat in 2023: CSI

CSO Magazine

Industry respondents also expressed concerns over identity theft at 4%, unavailable or unaffordable cyber insurance at 4%, geopolitical risks at 3%, DDoS attacks at 2% and website defacement at 0.9%, according to CSI’s annual survey of the financial sector.

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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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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.

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BrandPost: United Front: How NetOps and SecOps Can Improve Security

CSO Magazine

As if 2020 didn’t present enough challenges, it also brought an increase in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), ransomware, and malware attacks. As more and more businesses expand their reliance on network and cloud architectures, this trend also has exposed new risks from cyberattacks.

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

SecureWorld News

In this year's survey, over two-thirds (68%) of CISOs said they feel at risk of a material cyber attack in the next 12 months. Back to 'business as usual,' they are less assured in their organization's abilities to defend against cyber risk. At the time, just 48% believed that a cyber attack was on the horizon within the coming year.

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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. MORE Cybersecurity and risk spending look set to increase in 2024, Gartner forecasts. MORE Joe Sullivan, Uber’s CSO during its data breach, shares his perspective.