Schneider Electric and Fortinet to address the OT cybersecurity
2020-08-16
Schneider Electric and Fortinet have joined in a strategic partnership to provide cybersecurity solutions that address the unique needs of OT networks.Read More…
COVID-19 has further fueled cyberattacks across MEA region finds NTT
2020-07-07
As most of the organizations are increasing their digital presence in order to ensure business continuity during this COVID-19 pandemic. And this has led to the rise in cyberthreats finds NTT.Read More…
Unit 42 of Palo Alto maps out the global threat landscape
2019-12-23
Alex Hinchliffe, Threat Intelligence Analyst at Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks, looks back at key threats from 2019 and what to expect in 2020Read More…
Mirai-based botnet launches major DDoS attack on streaming service
2019-07-28
A massive 13-day long Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on a single online service has been launched by a Mirai-based botnet, according to Imperva. The botnet, which was observed coordinating 402,000 different IPs, most of which are apparently located in Brazil, was using Internet of Things (IoT) devices withRead More…
Mirai variant uses 13 exploits to target routers and other IoT devices
2019-05-26
A new variant of the Mirai botnet has been found to use as many as 13 different exploits to target routers and other IoT devices. The malware, called Backdoor.Linux.MIRAI.VWIPT, includes both backdoor and DDoS capabilities. The Mirai variant uses three XOR keys to encrypt data and uses four different URLsRead More…
Akamai highlights the importance of information sharing
2018-04-30
Akamai announced the availability of the State of the Internet / Security: Carrier Insights Report for Spring 2018, which shows that sharing information is an important factor in helping to defend against cyber threats. The report analyzes data from more than 14 trillion DNS queries collected by Akamai between SeptemberRead More…
Mirai–Based Bot Turns IoT Devices into Proxy Server
2018-02-25
Written by Kalle Bjorn, Director – Systems Engineering, FortinetRead More…
Combat DDoS of Things with these tactics
2017-11-06
Henk Jan Spanjaard, Vice President of EMEA Sales at A10 Networks discusses how threat actors are using IoT and connected devices to launch DDoS attacks and what can be done to shield enterprise data, applications and networks from such attacks. Read More…