At RSA Conference 2019, Tao Zhou, a senior staff algorithm engineer from Alibaba Security, Alibaba Group, as one of only a few Chinese speakers, started his presentation on application of statistical learning to intrusion detection in the context of massive big data with an account of challenges facing Internet giants in security data analysis, and […]
Overview Cisco has released a security advisory, announcing the existence of a REST API authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2019-1867) in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC). This vulnerability is due to improper validation of API requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the REST API. A successful exploit could allow an […]
Overview Microsoft released May 2019 security patches on Tuesday that fix 82 vulnerabilities ranging from simple spoofing attacks to remote code execution in various products, including .NET Core, .NET Framework, Adobe Flash Player, Azure, Internet Explorer, Kerberos, Microsoft Browsers, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Graphics Component, Microsoft JET Database Engine, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office SharePoint, […]
3.4 Behavioral Analysis of Attack Sources In the 2018 H1 Cybersecurity Insights8, we mentioned that the number of DDoS recidivists (repeat DDoS offenders) was too large to ignore. Of all internet attack types, 25% of attackers were recidivists responsible for 40% of all attack events. As for DDoS attacks, 7% of attackers were recidivists that […]
Telecom Exchange, one of the largest C-level networking events that provides unparalleled collaboration, education, and one-on-one engagement with the industry’s top decision-makers, is heading to NYC next week. Executives from all around the world will be meeting to discuss the complex network infrastructure ecosystems, technology and what it means for telecom. The event will […]
As cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things (IoT), and mobile Internet evolve, application forms and requirements are going through changes. I believe that the application security trend virtually highlights technologies and design theories: technological innovations continue to focus on API concepts; the design theories of solutions, products, and services continue to move towards DevOps […]
The RSA Conference is the world’s biggest IT security meetings of the highest quality. Initially as a small cryptography forum set up in 1991, this conference has developed into a meeting at which renowned security experts from all around the world are invited to discuss the future cyberspace development and global security vendors are attracted […]
The Governance, Risk & Compliance track of the RSA Conference 2019 focuses on quantification of cybersecurity risks and related cases. For example, Superforecasting II: Risk Assessment Prognostication in the 21st Century by Rich Howard from Palo Alto Networks dwells upon how to evolve semi-quantitative risk assessment into more accurate quantitative risk assessment; Math is Hard: […]
3.3 DDoS Attack Duration 3.3.1 Attack Duration Distribution In 2018, the average duration of a DDoS attack was 42 minutes, down 17% from 2017. This indicates that DDoS attacks were upgraded in industrialization, weaponization, and efficiency and DDoS-as-aService gained momentum for fast growth. We noticed that the longest DDoS attack in 2018 lasted around 12 […]