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Spike in DDoS attack size driven by NTP misuse
The beginning of 2014 saw 1.5 times the number of attacks over 20GB/sec, compared to the rest of 2013, according to new stats released by Arbor Networks today. At the …
Widespread uncertainty about cloud security
More and more organizations are transferring sensitive or confidential information to public cloud services even though more than a third expect a negative impact on security …
Data encryption for secure communications
IGUANA Security launched the latest addition to its family of Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) solutions at Infosecurity Europe 2014. IGUANAGreen is a commercial …
CoSoSys updates Endpoint Protector 4
At Infosecurity Europe 2014 in London today, CoSoSys updated the Endpoint Protector 4 platform, which provides IT administrators with improved Content Aware Protection …
Key security technologies can help cloud adoption
The majority of companies are delaying deployment of cloud applications due to security and compliance concerns. Among the companies that have started to adopt cloud apps …
How to learn information security
Learning is a skill. A skill that can be, well, learned. I am often approached by young people who ask me what does it take to move into the information security field, what …
Code analysis and app security testing simplified
Quotium announced the release of Seeker Enterprise 3.0, whose innovative technology correlates application behavior with simulated hacker’s attacks to pinpoint …
ISACA launches cybersecurity skills and certification program
One in five IT security professionals say their enterprises have been the target of an advanced persistent threat (APT) yet 62 percent of organizations have not increased …
Six infosec tips I learned from Game of Thrones
In Westeros—the land of dark knights, backstabbing royals, dragons, wildings, wargs, red witches, and White Walkers—even the youngest ones have to learn basic self-defense …
Biggest EU cyber security exercise taking place today
Today European countries kick off the Cyber Europe 2014 (CE2014), a sophisticated cyber exercise, involving more than 600 security actors across Europe. More than 200 …
Week in review: OpenBSD team forks OpenSSL, tech giants to fund open source projects, VPN users endangered by Heartbleed
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews, articles and interviews: Supposedly patched router backdoor was simply hidden When …
Infosec problems create stress for IT departments
A new IT Admin Stress Survey from GFI Software revealed that 68% of IT staff are actively considering leaving their current role due to job-related stress, despite apparent …
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