Items Tagged with 'botnets'

Security leaders discuss the coordinated botnet campaign against Microsoft 365 accounts. 

A coordinated international operation had led to the apprehension of the alleged 911 S5 botnet administrator. 

Felipe Fernandez, Chief Technology Officer at Fortinet Federal, discusses the challenges and opportunities for enterprise security professionals in the scope of national security. 

Recent research has identified a campaign that spans several years and targets end-of-life devices. 

The number of blocked IP addresses suspected of malicious traffic such as DDoS attacks surged from 18.5 million to 40.15 million from Q2 to Q3.

According to a Nuspire threat report, there was a surge in botnet activity in Q3 2023, including an increase in activity of nearly 93% over Q2.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has significant implications for cybersecurity, both in terms of enhancing cybersecurity defenses and creating new challenges and risks.

Much of the focus around Elon Musks’ Twitter takeover has centered around how he will treat free speech on the platform. But, two of his promises may have bigger implications for cybersecurity.

From IRS impersonations to cryptocurrency scams taking advantage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, phishing has evolved since the start of 2022.

The first half of 2021 brought both bad news and good news about distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The DDoS threat continues to be a global problem, at a massive scale, with increasing complexity, but proactive actions have had a positive impact.