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DDOS attacks tripled year-on-year in Q2 2020

Posted 5 years ago in by Phil Alsop

The Kaspersky Q2 2020 DDoS attacks report has revealed that the number of DDoS attacks in the second quarter of 2020 increased three-fold in comparison to Q2 2019. The figure is almost the same as the number of DDoS attacks in Q1 2020. Kaspersky experts believe the rise in malicious activity can be attributed to the impact of COVID-19, as both cybercriminals and their targets have had to reconsider their summer plans.

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Time pressure contribute to security shortcuts

Posted 5 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Study conducted by analyst firm ESG explores security trends and challenges emerging in modern application development.

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Sophos reports on the realities of ransomware

Posted 5 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Sophos has published a multi-part research series on the realities of ransomware, including an industry-first detailed look at new detection evasion techniques in WastedLocker ransomware attacks that leverage the Windows Cache Manager and memory-mapped I/O to encrypt files. A complementary article examines the evasion-centric arms race of ransomware, providing a months-long review of how cybercriminals have been escalating and markedly changing evasion techniques, tactics and procedures (TTPs)...

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Almost all businesses feel impact of cyber attacks

Posted 5 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Yet only four out of 10 security leaders in the UK can answer the question, “How secure, or at risk, are we?”

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Security analysts ready to quit

Posted 5 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Half of first-time security analysts working in Security Operations Centres (SOCs) plan to leave after just three months in the job, according to a study* from SIRP Labs out today. Not one of them plans to stay in their current role for no longer than 18 months. Of all the security analysts interviewed nearly half (48%) of security analysts are considering leaving their role, within 11 months on average.

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Thycotic and Access 42 partner

Posted 5 years ago in by Phil Alsop

With the partnership between Access42 and Thycotic, a big step is taken within the Netherlands to make end-users more aware in protecting the most vulnerable accounts within their organization.

Case Study: @nifty Delivering IT Security to Their Customers with Kaspersky

NIFTY Corporation is one of the leading Telecoms and Internet Service Providers in Japan, supplying high-speed broadband connectivity to more than 1.39 million broadband users. Providing robust security for the many subscribers to its online services is very important because repeated security breaches or loss of service may result in customers suffering damage or losses - and ultimately leaving NIFTY and moving to competitors' services.

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DDOS attacks tripled year-on-year in Q2 2020

Time pressure contribute to security shortcuts

Sophos reports on the realities of ransomware

Almost all businesses feel impact of cyber attacks

Security analysts ready to quit

Thycotic and Access 42 partner

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