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Command and Control Servers: Widespread Victimization

While nations around the world are considered C2 traffic offenders, the regions generating the highest levels of traffic are Europe and the United States. An average of 20 percent of the tracked C2s were based in North America with a nearly equal amount launching from the Ukraine and Russia combined. Unusual...

Understanding Pass-the-Hash Attacks - and Mitigating the Risks

Even though the pass-the-hash (PtH) attack was originally published 1997, these types of attacks have recently come to the forefront again. Given this reality, organizations need advanced solutions that can help protect them. Download this whitepaper to help your company mitigate these risks by: Defining...

Botnet Research Report: Safeguarding the Internet

Threat intelligence is only useful if you can take action quickly to protect networks, systems and data. It is not a question of receiving intel on attacks, but rather: What data should you use to find indicators of critical security threats? Today, none of us are immune to the impact of botnets on...

Security Reference Blueprint For Banking IT

IT security and network teams at banking organizations around the world must address demands to rapidly adopt new technology, protect ip, secure a myriad of mass market and custom applications and comply with regulations. While doing the above, they must also enable secure access to personal and commercial financial...

State of Security Operations 2016 Report

Discover how SIEM and Security Operations Center (SOC) solutions can help increase your SOC in maturity and capability to effectively and diligently reduce risk in your organization over time. The industry continues to evolve towards a business mindset for security. However, this has not made a great impact on...

Networks That Know Security

In the era of the cloud, the always-on workforce and high levels of digital literacy, your customers, prospects, staff and suppliers expect 24/7 network access and availability. However, 24/7 access is not enough; your data needs protection from any number of potential security breaches. These can happen when data is...

How To Choose An MSSP And Create A RFP/RFI

Choosing the right MSSP partner is an important decision in an organization's overall security. Writing an RFP is the first step in the process to finding the right fit for the organization. By using this document, an organization should be able to choose an MSSP and write a tailored RFP/RFI that will help make the...

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Case Study: WordPress and the Danger of Third Party Plugins

WordPress, with it's ever-growing popularity, is an attractive target for attackers. Many of its security issues come from third-party plugins and themes. Getting these listed on WordPress.org requires approval and must adhere to a strict list of guidelines. After this initial approval, however, future changes...

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DD4BC Escalates DDoS Attacks

Q2 2015 was dominated by attacks launched by DD4BC, the same malicious group responsible for several Bitcoin extortion campaigns in 2014. DD4BC expanded its extortion and DDoS campaigns during April and May 2015, where over the course of one week, several customers received ransom emails in which the group warned...

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Internet Anonymity: Pros and Cons of the Tor Network

The Onion Router (Tor) - an open source software- uses a concept called onion routing, which ensures the entry node to a network is not the same as the exit node. This process creates anonymity for the client when interacting with the destination system. By hopping among internal nodes, it could theoretically be...

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DDoS: Cross-Industry Attack Analysis

The second quarter of 2015 set a record for the number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks recorded - more than double what was reported in q2 2014. The profile of the typical attack, however, has changed. In q2 last year, high-bandwidth, short-duration attacks were the norm, driven by the use of...

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Internet Security Report: Analysis and Emerging Trends

The Q2 2015 State of the Internet-Security Report builds on the significant changes made in last quarter's report. In this edition, attack data previously published in the classic State of the Internet Report is combined with the data previously published in the quarterly Prolexic DDoS Attack Report. The two...

How Are Banks Fighting the War on Fraud?

Most fraud involves the use of false or anonymous identities. Banks are fighting back with tools and solutions designed to verify identity or at least raise red flags before fraud occurs. Neustar sponsored a survey with American Banker of over 230 top senior financial executives, within fraud mitigation and risk...

Cyber Risk Report: DDoS Attacks Target Financial Organizations

In August 2015 the Financials sector received a risk score that was below the sector's six month average, indicating a decrease from the usual level of risk. Banks were once again the top trending subgroup within the sector as several banks experienced distributed denial-of-service attacks that led to...

Extortion by DDoS Attack

By making servers or services unavailable, DDoS attacks can be crippling to both an organization's finances and its brand reputation. Once all the costs of an attack were factored in - reactive spending on software or infrastructure, brand management repair, increased insurance premiums, security consultant fees - a...