We could define DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks as the exclusive appropriation of a resource or service with the intention of avoiding any third party access. Also included in this definition are the attacks destined to collapse a...
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How safe is your e-commerce platform?
ONE of the core pillars of the digital economy is e-commerce, and in the last decade or so, it has grown to be massive in Asia. E-commerce platforms, such as Alibaba and its regional affiliates such as Lazada and...
U.S. Tech Giant Cloudflare Provides Cybersecurity For At Least 7 Terror Groups
American tech firm Cloudflare is providing cybersecurity services to at least seven designated foreign terrorist organizations and militant groups, HuffPost has learned. The San Francisco-based web giant is one of the world’s largest content delivery networks and boasts of...
Small Businesses Lose $80K on Average to Cybercrime Annually, Better Business Bureau Says
The growth of cybercrime will cost the global economy more than $2 trillion by 2019, according to the Better Business Bureau’s 2017 State of Cybersecurity Among Small Businesses in North America report. Cost of a Cyber Attack When it...
Council on Foreign Relations encourages global initiative to combat botnets
A global initiative of public and private organizations is needed to eliminate computer-effecting botnets, according to a new paper from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). The report was written by Robert Knake, senior fellow for cyber policy at...
Telcos struggling to mitigate the threats of cyber attacks
EfficientIP’s 2018 DNS Threat Report has revealed telecom organisations took an average of 18 hours to mitigate each cyber attack. The telecommunications sector ranks as one of the worst businesses sectors in its handling of cyber threats. According to...
European DDoS attack volumes more than double
In Europe DDoS attack volumes have increased sharply during the third quarter 2018 according to a new report. The report from DDoS protection specialist Link11 shows the average attack volume more than doubled in July, August and September, to...
Online Poker Sites Suffer DDoS Attacks
The online poker industry has recently been plagued by a spate of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, with three highly popular gaming websites being impacted by the onslaught. Initial reports of the attacks emerged on US-facing America’s Card...
Sweden’s Social Democrats’ website hacked in attack linked to Russia and North Korea
The website of Sweden’s centre-left Social Democrats has been hacked for a second time, and the IP address responsible was linked to Russia and North Korea, according to the party’s IT provider. The hack was a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)...
DDoS Attack Volume Rose 50% in Q2 2018
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks aimed at disruption remain a massive problem for businesses big and small, despite the shutdown of the Webstresser DDoS-for-hire service. Attackers are also increasingly striking outside of normal business hours, researchers have found....
