NSFOCUS IN THE NEWS
ON YOUR IT SECURITY DREAM TEAM?
November 30, 2016
Computerworld – Getting the gang together. Last month, I presented you a chamber of horrors—the worst people you meet doing IT security, many of them your friends and, sadly, co-workers. But I don’t like to dwell on the negative! So I asked a slew of IT pros about the best people, the ones they want […]
THE REAL HACKER THREAT TO ELECTION DAY? DATA DECEPTION AND DENIAL
November 7, 2016
Wired – Hacks, data leaks, and disinformation have all added to the chaos of one of the most contentious elections in history. US intelligence agencies have even accused Russia of perpetrating some portion of the digital meddling. And now reports indicate that officials are preparing for worst-case cybersecurity scenarios on November 8. But what might […]
MASSIVE DDOS ATTACKS DISABLE INTERNET ACCESS THROUGHOUT LIBERIA
November 7, 2016
eSecurity Planet – British security researcher Kevin Beaumont recently reported that a series of massive cyber attacks using the Mirai DDoS botnet periodically disabled all Internet access throughout the country of Liberia. “Liberia has one Internet cable, installed in 2011, which provides a single point of failure for Internet access. … The attacks are extremely […]
THE MYTH OF THREAT INTELLIGENCE IN THE CHANNEL, AND AN INTELLIGENT HYBRID SECURITY APPROACH
November 7, 2016
Business Solutions Magazine – Over the last year, Threat Intelligence (TI) has become a hot topic for the cybersecurity industry. Organizations of all sizes are looking to the channel to provide recommendations on what to purchase, how to implement, and how to gain the greatest value from TI. It is therefore critical the channel clearly […]
CYBER ATTACK TAKES LIBERIA’S ENTIRE INTERNET DOWN – EXPERT COMMENT
November 3, 2016
Global Security Magazine – A cyber attack has knocked Liberia’s internet offline, as hackers targeted the nation’s infrastructure using the same method that shut down hundreds of the world’s most popular websites at the end of last month. Multiple attacks against Liberia’s internet infrastructure have intermittently taken the country’s websites offline over the course of […]
