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Here’s how anyone with $20 can hire an IoT botnet to blast out a week-long DDoS attack

The Last Watchdog

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to erupt all across the Internet showing not the faintest hint of leveling off, much less declining, any time soon. Related video: How DDoS attacks leverage the Internet’s DNA. DDoS attacks are evolving to become more diverse. GitHub’s logo. But that’s not all.

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Thales + Imperva: Delivering the Next Generation of Data Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Application Security : Mitigate against volumetric attacks with DDoS Protection, protect applications with Web Application Firewall (WAF), combat bad bots and online fraud with Advanced Bot Protection (ABP), discover and protect API endpoints with API Security, and secure the software supply chain with Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP).

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

IT Security Guru

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. Not to have a solid security strategy is also at odds with the business and digital transformation strategies that companies are embarking on. factors in place fast.

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Black Hat insights: WAFs are getting much more dynamic making them well-suited to protect SMBs

The Last Watchdog

For small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) cutting through the marketing hype can be daunting. Fast forward to the current era of digital transformation. And, indeed, the global WAF market is growing annually at an estimated 17 percent clip ; companies are projected to spend $8 billion on WAF services by 2026, up from $3.2

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Reassessing cyberwarfare. Lessons learned in 2022

SecureList

Taking sides: professional ransomware groups, hacktivists, and DDoS attacks. DDoS attacks and, to a lesser extent, defacement of random websites have always been regarded as low-sophistication and low-impact attacks by the security community. Kaspersky DDoS protection also reflects this trend.

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AT&T Business Summit is virtual Oct. 27-28 and free!

CyberSecurity Insiders

Given how critical security is to digital transformation and our ability to innovate, we’ve got a robust line-up of cybersecurity topics – from SASE to zero trust and the technologies you need to help protect your business. And it’s jam-packed with cybersecurity talks! Speaker: Rupesh Chokshi.

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NETSCOUT to Report Q3 FY’22 Financial Results on January 27th

CyberSecurity Insiders

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