Threats

Video: The continued rise of DDoS

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In this video, Ashley Stephenson, CEO at Corero Network Security, discusses the development of DDoS attacks, as well as how security professionals can grapple with the challenges the threat poses.

News briefs: Malware cripples South Korea, largest DDos ever, and more

News briefs: Malware cripples South Korea, largest DDos ever, and more

This month's news briefs cover recent headlining bits on the malware that struck South Korean companies, a new law requiring federal agencies to review IT equipment sourced from China, and more.

Threat of the month: pdf.exe.zip files

Threat of the month: pdf.exe.zip files

For our May issue's "threat of the month," we focused on pdf.exe.zip files, an old-style email executable attachment attack.

2 minutes on: The rule of war

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As nations engage with one another in shadowy conflicts taking place in the digital sphere, experts are questioning whether treaties and rules that were created for kinetic fighting apply to a new era of combat.

Report: Twitter warns news outlets to be on guard against account takeover attempts

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The microblogging service told news organizations that they will continue to be "high value targets to hackers."

Study: DDoS attacks increase across industries

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Although attacks on the financial sector get a majority of the headlines, disruptive threats in the retail industry have more than doubled in the last year.

Java 8 release pushed back due to security concerns

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Mark Reinhold, the chief architect of the Java platform group, announced the delay late last week.

New BlackHole email campaign found

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Spam campaigns are sending out spurious emails purported to be from Facebook, LinkedIn, American Airlines and financial institutions, McAfee researchers found.

Video: The risks surrounding digital certificates

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In this video, Jeff Hudson, CEO at Venafi, discusses the importance of digital certificates, as well as the threats surrounding forged ones should they be used in an attack against an organization.

WordPress attacks showcase botnet owner's expanding tricks

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More than 90,000 IP addresses were used to crack admin accounts on the blogging platform.

Obama proposes $800m cyber budget increase for Pentagon

Obama proposes $800m cyber budget increase for Pentagon By

The president recommended that $4.7 billion be allocated to the Pentagon for cyber initiatives in the fiscal year beginning Oct.1. That includes earmarks for offensive missions.

White House says new Chinese IT equipment rule may disrupt business without helping security

White House says new Chinese IT equipment rule may disrupt business without helping security By

Several U.S. trade groups also have objected to the provision, part of a recently passed appropriations bill, which bars certain federal agencies from buying IT tech gear produced by Chinese government-related companies.

Malware tries to invade technology companies once every 60 seconds

Malware tries to invade technology companies once every 60 seconds By

No matter the industry, organizations are facing a flurry of sophisticated attacks, with the main goal being to hijack intellectual property, according to new findings from security firm FireEye.

Video: Corporations defending IT infrastructure

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John McClurg, vice president of Dell Global Security, discusses some of the threats posed to corporations today, and how security professionals should assess them in order to implement successful security strategies.

Public safety personnel targeted by DoS attacks flooding phone lines

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Fraudsters pretending to be from collections companies are seeking to recover non-existent loans. If victims don't pay up, their administrative call centers are hit by telephone denial-of-service attacks. 9-1-1 lines weren't targeted.

Market for DDoS prevention to hit $870 million

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Despite being an age-old problem, recent DoS and DDoS attacks are driving huge growth for mitigation solutions.

Sidestepping the humdrum

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Among the humdrum there are cyber events cropping up here and there that breed excitement.

You are an APT target

You are an APT target

Cyber espionage is at an all-time high, and businesses across the United States are being targeted and breached, says Phillip Ferraro, CISO, DRS Integrated Defense Systems and Services.

Suspect everything: Advanced threats in the network

Suspect everything: Advanced threats in the network By

Are there ways to catch sophisticated malware that hides in trusted processes and services? Deb Radcliff finds out.

Cyber war, this is not

Cyber war, this is not

Espionage and fraud in cyber is not an armed conflict, says SystemExpert's Jonathan Gossels.

News briefs: Mandiant uncovers espionage, Evernote is breached, and more

News briefs: Mandiant uncovers espionage, Evernote is breached, and more

This month's news briefs includes recent news on Mandiant uncovering China's cyber espionage efforts, security firm Bit9's breach, and the Obama administrations latest efforts on combating the theft of trade secrets.

Stopping distributed denial-of-service attacks

Stopping distributed denial-of-service attacks By

FortiDDoS is an appliance that examines data packets in a variety of ways to separate DDoS packets from legitimate packets.

Web-based malware threats primary challenge for industry pros, survey says

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Of the companies polled in a recent survey, eight in 10 indicated that they experienced web attacks in 2012.

IRS warns phishing attacks are among "dirty dozen" tax scams

IRS warns phishing attacks are among "dirty dozen" tax scams By

Phishing attacks were among the top 12 schemes hatched by tax season scammers.

A new perspective: Compromised computing

A new perspective: Compromised computing

Lets just stop preventing what seems to be unavoidable and figure out how to enable our users to operate securely on a completely compromised device.

Alleged fight between anti-spam group and blacklisted company incites massive DDoS

Alleged fight between anti-spam group and blacklisted company incites massive DDoS By

Spam-fighting nonprofit Spamhaus says the DDoS attacks began more than a week ago.

Video: Advanced attacks in today's threat landscape

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In this video, Greg Masters, managing editor for SC Magazine, sits with Tomer Teller, security evangelist and researcher for Check Point Software Technologies, to discuss some of the advanced threats that enterprises are facing today.

DDoS attack strikes JPMorgan Chase website

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A representative of JPMorgan Chase has confirmed the website of the banking giant suffered a distributed denial-of-service attack Tuesday.

Eight creative strategies to address the sophisticated adversary

Eight creative strategies to address the sophisticated adversary

Tupac Shakur once sang, "The old way isn't working so it's on us to do what we gotta do to survive." That too goes for information security professionals, who are being tested like they've never been tested before.

Video: Evolving threat tactics and the targets

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In this video Danielle Walker, reporter for SC Magazine, sits with Don Grey, chief security strategist at Solutionary, to discuss the major highlights of the report.

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