2018 Threat Report and Top Malware

2018 is the year of high volume DDoS attacks. Since the emergence of the new attack vector memcached reflection in February, new bandwidth records have been set. Companies worldwide suddenly found themselves exposed to a new DDoS risk. In a webinar, the Link11 IT security experts Karsten Desler and Aatish Pattni explain how to assess the threats. Today's global IT infrastructures face a DDoS threat that has never existed before with such massive bandwidths. This issue relates to attack vectors, which can hit companies with a really destructive attack volume due to enormous amplification factors. The largest possible 'amplification reflection vector' to date has been detected in memcached reflection attacks. Cyber criminals can theoretically use the vector to increase their attacks by a factor of 50,000.

SurfWatch serves as our threat intelligence team, providing us with critical link analyses and insights to proactively address any potential cyber threats to our customers and our business. Knowing what cyber threat and Dark Web activity is occurring helps us ensure the safeguarding of customer information and focus our cybersecurity efforts in the right areas.

With the increase in data breaches, cybersecurity continues to be a hot issue. It's critical that you understand your vendor's cybersecurity posture to protect your organization in the incident of a cybersecurity threat or attack. The time to prepare is now! This session will discuss what to ask for from your vendors, how to review a vendor's cybersecurity, and what you can do as an organization to stay prepared.

Enterprises had to accelerate their digital initiatives in a short time, which forced organizations to control and manage disruptions to their business. As security and risk management leaders handle the recovery and renewal phases from the past two years, they must consider forward-looking strategic planning assumptions when allocating resources and selecting products and services. How do security and risk management leaders keep pace with the future of digital? In this complimentary webinar, discover the top predictions prepared by our cybersecurity experts for 2022. You’ll understand how to have a successful cybersecurity program built for the digital era, as global change could potentially be one crisis away.