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SpyCloud Launches Solution to Prevent Fraud from Compromised Web Sessions

March 9, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

SpyCloud’s Session Identity Protection offers unparalleled early warning of malware-infected consumers to stop “trusted user fraud.” AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#cyber–SpyCloud, the leader in account takeover and fraud prevention, today announced the launch of Session Identity Protection, a transformative early warning system designed to prevent trusted user fraud, one of the hardest forms of fraud to detect. […]

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ThreatX Recognized for its Commitment to API Protection

March 9, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

The ThreatX platform wins multiple awards, demonstrates continued leadership in API and web application security BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ThreatX, the leading API protection platform, today announced that it has been named the winner of two 2022 Globee Cyber Security Global Excellence Awards and five 2022 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. The ThreatX platform offers unparalleled protection against sophisticated API […]

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Black Hat Announces Content Lineup for Black Hat Asia 2022 Hybrid Event

March 7, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#BHASIA—Black Hat, the producer of the cybersecurity industry’s most established and in-depth security events, announces the release of its Briefings and content lineup for Black Hat Asia 2022. Registration is open for the hybrid event offering a virtual only pass and an in-person pass, taking place at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on […]

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DDoS, NETSCOUT Arbor Insight

DDoS Attacks Combined With Extortion Attempts Exploded in Q4

According to new data from Cloudflare, the amount of DDoS attacks being layered with a ransom demand increased by 175% in the fourth quarter.

January 12, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

According to new data from web infrastructure and security firm Cloudflare, the amount of DDoS attacks being layered with a ransom demand are increasing significantly. The company’s DDoS Attack Trends report for the fourth quarter of 2021 revealed a ransom DDoS attack increase of 29% for the year and a whopping 175% for the quarter. […]

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DDoS, NETSCOUT Arbor Insight

Report: DDoS Attacks Increasing As Record-Setting Year Is Anticipated

Ransomware gangs are using DDoS attacks to further pressure victims into paying large ransoms as attacks surge, new Netscout report finds.

September 23, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

It’s not just ransomware and supply chain cyberattacks that IT pros have to defend against, according to a new report that indicates DDoS attacks are also increasing in frequency and scope. According to cybersecurity company Netscout, there were 5.4 million distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the first half of 2021, which is an 11% increase from […]

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Microsoft Azure OMI Vulnerabilities Are Being Exploited

Microsoft says it has seen several exploitation attempts, including basic host enumeration and attempts to install a cryptocurrency miner.

September 20, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

According to cybersecurity companies, media reports and Microsoft itself, threat actors are actively exploiting security flaws in Azure’s Open Management Infrastructure framework that Microsoft disclosed as part of this months’ cumulative security updates. The vulnerabilities are in the Open Management Infrastructure (OMI)  framework, which Microsoft calls an open-source Web-Based Enterprise Management implementation for managing Linux […]

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Sophos Cybersecurity Trends

Sophos Threat Report: What Three Cybersecurity Trends To Look For In 2021

According to cybersecurity firm Sophos, the growing threat of ransomware tops the list of threats that will shape IT security trends in 2021.

November 19, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

According to cybersecurity firm Sophos, the growing threat of ransomware tops the list of threats that will shape IT security trends in 2021. The company’s 2021 Threat Report written by security researchers, threat hunters, rapid responders, cloud security and AI experts, details how cybersecurity threats like ransomware are evolving and becoming more sophisticated. The report […]

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Ransom payments

Toymaker Mattel Says It Was Hit With Ransomware

Toy manufacturer Mattel joints the growing list of large organizations realizing the inherent cybersecurity risk of doing business in 2020.

November 4, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Seemingly dozens of notable organizations each day are disclosing that they have been hit with a ransomware attack, including governments, hospitals and now toymaker Mattel. The manufacturer of toys disclosed in its quarterly report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that ransomware attack this past summer caused “a number of systems to be […]

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Google AI Investment, Anthropic, OpenAI, ChatGPT

Google Says Company Mitigated 2.5 Tbps DDoS Attack, Largest Ever

Google says it was the target of a massive 2.5 Tbps DDoS attack in September 2017, the highest bandwidth attack ever reported.

October 21, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google says it was the target of a massive 2.5 Tbps DDoS attack in September 2017, the highest bandwidth attack ever reported. In a blog post exploring the growth of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, Google revealed that it was the target of a six-month campaign that utilized multiple methods of attack. “Despite simultaneously targeting thousands […]

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Progress MOVEit vulnerability

Microsoft Disrupts Trickbot Ahead of U.S. Elections

Microsoft says it teamed up with other tech organizations to take down ransomware and malware proliferator Trickbot to protect U.S. elections, industry.

October 13, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft and an international group of tech industry organizations disrupted the botnet Trickbot, one of the world’s most prolific distributors of malware and ransomware. Through a court order from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and technical action in coordination with a group of technology organizations, Microsoft helped cut off key […]

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