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DDoS attacks in Q4 2021

SecureList

News roundup. Q4 2021 saw the appearance of several new DDoS botnets. A zombie network, named Abcbot by researchers, first hit the radar in July, but at the time it was little more than a simple scanner attacking Linux systems by brute-forcing weak passwords and exploiting known vulnerabilities.

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Nine Top of Mind Issues for CISOs Going Into 2022

Cisco Security

In ‘ordinary’ times, you could mingle with your peers at industry conferences and events, swapping stories and trading information, but as we are all too aware, those opportunities are still not as readily available as in previous years. Over the last few months, we’ve engaged with scores of CISOs in a series of roundtable discussions.

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