For more than a decade, attackers have used distributed denial of service attacks to disrupt their victims’ operations, often taking organizations completely offline. The motivations behind these attacks include notoriety, competitive advantage, cyber warfare, terrorism, hacktivism and/or extortion. Bandwidth- or resource-saturating DDoS attacks are effective, but today they are not...
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Godless Android malware offers serious firepower to a botnet herder
One of the most concerning characteristics of the Godless malware is the ability to receive remote instructions on which app to download and install on mobile devices, without the user’s knowledge. This is called command and control (C&C). Being a DDoS subject matter expert, I believe this has the makings...
DDoS it matter what motivates Lizard Squad?
Lizard Squad is best known for launching DDoS attacks against Microsoft Xbox Live and Sony PlayStation Network, and doing so 'for the lulz!' SC Magazine UK has been pondering whether the motivation actually matters? Blizzard CS's Battle.net platform was experiencing 'technical difficulties' that disrupted logins for Overwatch, Hearthstone and World...
NSFOCUS Wins Microsoft Mitigation Bypass Bounty Award For Fourth Consecutive Year
NSFOCUS Wins Microsoft Mitigation Bypass Bounty Award For Fourth Consecutive Year. NSFOCUS Security Labs Researcher Zhang Yunhai Is Recognized For Exceptional Security Contribution; Consecutive Win Streak Sets New Milestone Santa Clara, Ca. June 22, 2016 – NSFOCUS, a global network and application security provider, today announced that it has received...
Private sector execs praise Cybersecurity Act during House hearing
Private sector executives praised the information-sharing implementation of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 during a House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. The hearing witnesses celebrated the legislation's protections from liability.
Building Cyber Awareness – What I would do first!
Track: General Security Author: Stephen Gates, Chief Research Intelligence Analyst, NSFOCUS In my travels around the globe, I am often asked what strides an organization should take in order to measurably reduce their exposure to cyber threat actors, and their relentless cyber-attacks. Deploying the right security technologies obviously makes good sense....
