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DDoS
In addition to traditional DDoS attacks, researchers see various abnormal traffic patterns

In the first quarter of 2020, DDoS attacks rose more than 278% compared to Q1 2019, and more than 542% compared to the last quarter, as published in the Nexusguard Q1 2020 …

network
Internet security is improving, but exposures still run rampant

Rapid7’s research found that the security of the internet overall is improving. The number of insecure services such as SMB, Telnet, rsync, and the core email protocols, …

hole
Digital privacy: A double-edged sword

Digital privacy is paramount to the global community, but it must be balanced against the proliferation of digital-first crimes, including child sexual abuse, human …

connection
Everyone’s talking about microservices, who’s actually doing it?

77% of organizations have adopted microservices, with 92% experiencing success with microservices, according to an O’Reilly survey. Teams who own the software lifecycle …

digital transformation
Digital transformation: Affected and accelerated by COVID-19

97% of enterprise decision makers believe COVID-19 accelerated their company’s digital transformation efforts, according to a Twilio survey of over 2,500 enterprise decision …

NICE Actimize SURVEIL-X Studio offers FSOs self-service analytics for custom risk detection

In the world of financial services, regulations and business risks are constantly evolving. Surveillance models that get the job done today could be out-of-date tomorrow, …

HID Global expands its biometric identification solutions to police forces and military officials

HID Global announced the expansion of its biometrics identification management solutions to police departments and military installations around the globe. A large police …

Mindtree commissioned by Husqvarna Group to help drive digital transformation initiatives

Mindtree announced it has been commissioned by Husqvarna Group to provide DevOps-centric SAP services to help drive the company’s digital transformation initiatives. …

Claroty appoints Yaniv Vardi as Chief Executive Officer

Claroty announced Yaniv Vardi has been appointed the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Vardi joins Claroty after two consecutive record-breaking quarters for the company, …

Cloudflare announces Tokyo, Japan as home of its newest APAC office

Cloudflare, the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, announced that Tokyo, Japan, is the home of its newest Asia-Pacific (APAC) …

BadPower
BadPower: Fast chargers can be modified to damage mobile devices

If you needed another reason not to use a charger made available at a coffeeshop or airport or by an acquaintance, here it is: maliciously modified fast chargers may damage …

Think
Infosec is a mindset as well as a job, but burnout can happen to anyone

Time and again (and again), survey results tell us that many cybersecurity professionals are close to burnout and are considering quitting their jobs or even leaving the …

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