Recently, Cloudflare detected and mitigated a 17.2 million request-per-second (rps) DDoS attack, an attack almost three times larger than previously ever reported.
A vulnerability in the Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP) service of Cisco Small Business Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause an affected device to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Every organization must prepare for a ransomware attack. The question is how best to do it. Surprisingly, we can turn to an unlikely source for advice on avoiding a ransomware attack – the criminals themselves.
The 2021 Insider Threat Virtual Conference, hosted jointly by the Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, will bring together security professionals and policy makers across U.S. government and industry to kick off the National Insider Threat Awareness Month (NITAM) campaign. The theme for this year's conference and campaign is Cultural Awareness and Insider Threat.
"The Perfect Scorecard: Getting An 'A' in Cybersecurity From Your Board Of Directors" book offers best practices in closing the communications gap between security experts and the board members tasked with the organization's governance and oversight activities.
As detailed in a new Area 1 Security report, threats ranging from ransomware, credential harvesters to difficult-to-discover but costly business email compromise targeted inboxes, could have resulted in over $354 million in direct losses had they been successful.
Ernie Anderson, Head of Professional Services at Kudelski Security, speaks to Security about the importance of a deputy chief information security officer (CISO) and why this position is critical to addressing security risk management.
With the proliferation of ransomware attacks, every business feels the pressure—and often a sense of futility—in defending against cybercriminals. But companies can regain control by focusing on one of the most common attack vectors: Active Directory.
