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DDoS downtime calculator based on real-world information
Are you wondering how you can assess the risks associated with a DDoS attack? Incapsula’s free DDoS Downtime Calculator offers case-specific information adjusted to the …
Artificial intelligence in cybersecurity: Snake oil or salvation?
So what is machine learning? Machine learning in an integral part of the “umbrella term” artificial intelligence. Put simply, it is the science of enabling computers to learn …
Five ways to respond to the ransomware threat
The ransomware threat has taken a sharp upturn this year. In fact, a recent industry study found that nearly half of all U.S. businesses have experienced at least one …
Moving toward an intelligent hybrid security model
Cyber attacks aren’t slowing down – in fact, 76 percent of organizations have experienced a breach within the last two years. Enterprises of all sizes, across every industry, …
PCI Council wants more robust security controls for payment devices
The PCI Council has updated its payment device standard to enable stronger protections for cardholder data, which includes the PIN and the cardholder data (on magnetic stripe …
Organization must modify the network access policy to address IoT devices
By 2020, 21 billion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be in use worldwide. Of these, close to 6 percent will be in use for industrial IoT applications. However, IT …
Consumers harassed by 30 million spam calls every day
Consumers are giving up twice as much sensitive data over the previous year, according to First Orion. Consumers are accosted by over 30 million spam calls to their mobile …
End-to-end network segmentation essential for security, yet few deploy
As point-of-sale breaches, ransomware attacks and various other customer data breaches continue to make local and national headlines, IT professionals agree that network …
Week in review: Stealing login credentials, secure mobile communications explained
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews, podcasts and articles: Rambler.ru hack: Passwords of nearly 100 million users exposed A …
Two arrested for allegedly hacking senior US government officials
Andrew Otto Boggs, aka INCURSIO, and Justin Gray Liverman, aka D3F4ULT, were arrested on charges related to their alleged roles in the computer hacking of several senior US …
Are all IoT vulnerabilities easily avoidable?
Every vulnerability or privacy issue reported for consumer connected home and wearable technology products since November 2015 could have been easily avoided, according to the …
43.7% of cloud-based malware delivers ransomware
According to a new Netskope report, 43.7% of malware found in enterprises cloud apps have delivered ransomware, and 55.9% of malware-infected files found in cloud apps are …
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