“Everything comes in waves or cycles. DNS flood DDoS attacks are not new – but the scale of the attackers’ resources is new,” he said. “Attackers are no longer using home computer-based botnets as a base of attack – they’re using business server-based botnets. They’ve moved from collections of pistols to collections of missile launchers.”...
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Improved security is due to several factors, according to Ingalls. Device encryption is more broadly available, data is encrypted upon entry to the device, and the ability to wipe a device enables business data to be remotely wiped. “Just because enterprises have to reckon with this trend, the IT guys don’t get a break”, he said, referring to increased mobility in business...
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When asked to identify different malware behaviors, it turns out that a significant percentage of cybersecurity professionals are lagging when it comes to the latest tricks and tendencies of malicious code. A Lastline survey found that while 93% of respondents correctly identified a Trojan as malware disguised as something that a user wants or something legitimate, over three quarters (77%) agreed with the statement that a virus actively seeks new computers to infect, which is actually the behav...
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“Data privacy considerations are often overlooked in the development phase of cloud, IoT and big data solutions, and instead are viewed through a maze of complicated regulations and guidance,” said Jim Reavis, CEO of the CSA, in a statement....
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The pending $67 billion takeover, which could be one of the largest tech deals of all time, has received no shortage of press attention. (Fortune included.) Now let’s dive into a particular aspect of these companies that has, to an extent, been overlooked: the cybersecurity angle.I caught up with John McClurg, vice president and chief security officer at Dell, by phone earlier this week. He admitted that his peers have told him they haven’t classically thought of Dell as a security b...
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Many technological security failures of today can be traced to failures of encryption. In 2014 and 2015, unnamed hackers—probably the Chinese government—stole 21.5 million personal files of U.S. government employees and others. They wouldn’t have obtained this data if it had been encrypted.Many large-scale criminal data thefts were made either easier or more damaging because data wasn’t encrypted: Target, T.J. Maxx, Heartland Payment Systems, and so on. Many countries are...
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