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DMARC Setup & Configuration: Step-By-Step Guide

eSecurity Planet

At a high level, implementation of the Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) standard can be done simply and easily for outgoing mail by adding a text file to an organization’s DNS record. A receiving server looks for this when scanning the DNS record for the domain that sent the message.

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Why Would Someone Hack My Website?

SiteLock

Julia’s eCommerce Site Goes Down In Style. A WAF can provide web application protection, infrastructure protection and DNS protection—all vital components for protecting against DDoS attacks. In addition to a WAF, Julia should use a website scanner for her eCommerce site to detect any vulnerabilities hackers can exploit.

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What is a Website Vulnerability and How Can it be Exploited?

SiteLock

These types of attacks are particularly vexing for ecommerce and banking sites where attackers can gain access to sensitive financial information. A CSRF attack was recently used to seize all control of a Brazilian bank’s DNS settings for over five hours. Change user passwords to hijack accounts.

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Domain Control Validation (DCV) Methods & How to Choose

Security Boulevard

DNS-based validation This method requires the certificate applicant to create a specific Domain Name System (DNS) TXT record in the domain's DNS zone file with content and information specified by the CA. Then, the CA's validation system checks the DNS records to verify domain control. DNS Domain configuration.

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Best Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection Tools

eSecurity Planet

The combination of Prolexic, Edge DNS, and App & API Protector would be recommended for the highest quality of DDoS mitigation to keep applications, data centers, and internet-facing infrastructure (public or private) protected. It is architected for nonstop DNS availability and high performance, even across the largest DDoS attacks.

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How to Mitigate DDoS Attacks with Log Analytics

CyberSecurity Insiders

Loss of revenue – Unplanned service downtime often results in loss of revenue, especially for organizations who monetize through eCommerce or digital advertisement. Poor customer experience – A DDoS attack that negatively impacts service availability results in a poor customer experience.

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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

For example through the use of both the Finnish and US CERT the details of Heartbleed were given to several companies ahead of public disclosure, making sure that banking and ecommerce websites that used OpenSSL were patched in time.