According to research from NETSCOUT’s ATLAS Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT), threat actors launched approximately 5.4 million Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks in the first half of 2021, an 11 percent increase from the same time period in 2020, putting the world on track to hit close to 11 millionRead More…
NETSCOUT’s ATLAS Security Engineering & Response Team (ASERT) observed a huge upsurge in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, brute-forcing of access credentials, and malware targeting of internet-connected devices. Emad Fahmy, Systems Engineering Manager, Middle East, NETSCOUT, gives the key findings of this report.Read More…
NETSCOUT’s 2H2020 Threat Intelligence Report correctly predicted that 2020’s record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack activity would follow the COVID-19 pandemic into 2021. According to research from NETSCOUT’s ATLAS Security Engineering & Response Team (ASERT), threat actors launched approximately 2.9 million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2021,Read More…
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and few minutes of cyber-incident to ruin it.” This is a wise quote once said by a Global CISO, Stephane Nappo. This couldn’t be more true. On a basic level, brands are built on trust. A brand’s reputation is irreparably tarnished whenRead More…
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS today announced findings from its bi-annual Threat Intelligence Report, punctuated by a record-setting 10,089,687 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks observed during 2020. Cybercriminals exploited vulnerabilities exposed by massive internet usage shifts since many users were no longer protected by enterprise-gradeRead More…
Emad Fahmy, Systems Engineering Manager, Middle East, NETSCOUT, speaks about the worrisome potential security challenges around the therapeutics and vaccines developed to combat COVID.Read More…
Though we applaud and appreciate the hospitals and frontline workers during the time of pandemic by seeing the difficulties faced by them, but what we cant see is that the healthcare sector is struggling to deal with growing cybersecurity issues.Read More…
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS announced the availability of its 7000 series nGenius Packet Flow Switches (PFS 7000 Series), nGenius Decryption Appliance (nDA), NETSCOUT External PowerSafe Tap (EPT) and PFS Monitor, which enable unified security and visibilityRead More…
