Georgia Tech launches early warning system for cyberthreats
Georgia Institute of Technology's applied research arm has launched an early warning system to help organizations prepare for possible cyberattacks.
Antone Gonsalves | 29 Jul | Read more
Georgia Institute of Technology's applied research arm has launched an early warning system to help organizations prepare for possible cyberattacks.
Antone Gonsalves | 29 Jul | Read more
The easy access Google's web crawlers have to sites is increasingly being exploited by cybercriminals in launching distributed denial of service attacks, a security vendor says.
Antone Gonsalves | 26 Jul | Read more
It's an attack vector that's been around ever since the Internet became a valuable business tool. Distributed Denial of Service, of DDoS, attacks are still one of the most prevalent threats facing businesses today.
Anthony Caruana | 11 Mar | Read more
Visit a security-focused conference and it’s a sure bet that several vendors will be spruiking their latest security report. This year's RSA Conference was not exception.
Anthony Caruana | 06 Mar | Read more
Here's a sobering thought. Phil Lieberman, the President of Lieberman Software, says, "Every day you wake up, you know somebody is in your network. You just don’t know where they are, what they're getting and what you can do to stop them".
Anthony Caruana | 01 Mar | Read more
An August 20 distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack originating in Australia and spraying many gigabytes of data per second around the world has been highlighted in striking detail thanks to a real-time map developed by Google and using data from Arbor Networks.
David Braue | 24 Oct | Read more
Hacktivist group Izz ad-Dim al-Qassam Cyber Fighters's strategy said to be driving up raw number of attacks and depressing their duration
John P. Mello | 31 Jul | Read more
HP's Colin Henderson believes the security industry needs to become more adept at understanding the role of big data in security analysis, to try and stay ahead of an increasingly sophisticated and collaborative “black hat” world.
Richard Chirgwin | 22 May | Read more
Fighting denial-of-service attacks has become a matter of survival for some businesses that find their websites getting smashed and network flooded by attackers. Online gaming company SG Interactive says it's under constant attack and the only way to keep going is to set up an anti-DDoS defense.
Ellen Messmer | 14 May | Read more
China, the United States, and Turkey accounted for two-thirds of IP-based attack traffic during the fourth quarter of 2012, according to new figures from global content distribution network (CDN) giant Akamai Technologies that reaffirm Australia’s low rank as a source of malware – and its low rank in terms of average Internet speeds.
David Braue | 26 Apr | Read more
Internet spam filter provider, Spamhaus, has been hit by a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack, and the Internet Industry Association (IIA) sees it as a sign of how volatile the Internet really is.
Patrick Budmar | 28 Mar | Read more
Hackers are adapting distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and combining these with social engineering tactics to try and infiltrate banks during 2013, warns Gartner.
Hamish Barwick | 25 Feb | Read more
While no DDoS attacks have been linked to mobile devices, one analyst is convinced it's only a matter of time
Antone Gonsalves | 04 Jan | Read more
Are your BYOD-embracing employees decommissioning their old mobile devices to ensure they can't still access your corporate networks?
David Braue | 19 Dec | Read more
A US company has named over 50 Australian network operators for helping supercharge a three week distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on one of its customers, but an Australian network engineer says the companies blamed probably aren’t at fault.