The VAR Guy - Week after week, countless news stories surface spewing tales of breaches, new bugs and attackers outsmarting less-than-stellar or outdated defense systems. What effect does ransomware have on the channel? On Wednesday, the backup and disaster recovery gurus at Datto turned the focus on the channel with...
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Channeling Security: NSFocus’ Gates Calls For More Multifactor Action
Stephen Gates, chief research intelligence analyst for NSFocus, says that while drive-by ransomware attacks are a real and growing problem, extortion happens in other ways, and partners need to keep their eyes on the full panoply of extortion methods — including attackers threatening companies with DDoS attacks unless they pay...
Reflection DDoS Attacks – You Don’t Need a Bigger Botnet
In the early days of DDoS attacks, the motivations and techniques were very different than they are today. When the first DDoS attacks were launched in the early 2000s, attackers were primarily motivated by competitive advantage and notoriety. Additionally, the mechanisms attackers used were quite primitive in comparison to the...
The Key to Minimizing POS Breaches
More commonly, hotels are reporting that point-of-sale (POS) systems are being compromised by malware. In July, Omni Hotels & Resorts issued a statement that POS systems had been breached, while just this month, HEI Hotels & Resorts announced it was investigating a POS hack that affected Hyatt, Marriott, and Starwood...
What You Need to Know about the Evolution of DDoS
In an attempt to define the modern-day DDoS attack, one must understand – there is more than one type of attack. Starting with the simplest first, network level DDoS attacks are the easiest to launch. They are fundamentally designed to crush networks and melt down firewalls. Aimed at filling state...
Advanced Persistent Threats – A Simple Analogy
Author: Stephen Gates, Chief Research Intelligence Analyst, NSFOCUS One of the things that amazes me the most is how the general population lacks a firm understanding of the cyber threats they face daily. Since few people outside of security circles have actually been trained in cyber security, the general lack...
