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DDoS Attack Report: Q3 2013

Each quarter Prolexic publishes a wide variety of metrics gathered from distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against its global client base, which includes over 100 financial services firms. This quarter showed a significant shift in tactics as DDoS perpetrators used more reflection attacks, which increased...

Nobody is 100% Secure - Financial Institutions, Merchants and the Race Against Cybercrime

The cyberthreats that menace the global economy are multiplying at an alarming rate. From denial-of-service attacks to take a website offline to corporate account takeover and malware, financial institutions should take notice of the information security threats that could deeply affect their infrastructure in this...

Implementing DSD'S Top 35 Mitigation Strategies

Simple fact - governments across the globe have been victims of attacks in one form or another. The frequency of these attacks has varied and the motives range from a self-deluded intention of doing good for society, to monetary or political gain or for no other reason than to demonstrate the ability to pull off such...

DDoS Defense for Financial Services

Financial services companies have been the target of a serious, sustained, and well-funded DDoS campaign for more than a year. What these attacks have demonstrated is that DDoS will continue to be a popular and increasingly complex attack vector. DDoS is no longer simply a network issue, but is increasingly a feature...

No Institution is Too Small a Target for DDoS Attacks

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are prevalent and growing, especially in the financial services industry. According to a Ponemon Institute survey, 64% of banking IT professionals reported a DDoS attack in 2012, and 43% expected attacks to increase in 2013. Yet the same survey found that only 30% of...

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DDoS Mitigation Strategy: A Two-Phased Defense

DDoS is a complex problem that represents a serious risk to the enterprise, and effective mitigation demands extensive preparation before the attack arrives. Organizations need a strategy that keeps local connections up at the beginning of an attack, and then cleans the upstream traffic prior to it reaching the...

10 Essential Steps to Defend Against DDoS Attacks

There is no doubt that cyber-attacks have grown in complexity and sophistication. As a result, a need has arisen for a new first line of defense. With the ever-broadening motivations for attacks coupled with easy to obtain and even easier to use attack tools, the traditional first line of defense, notably firewalls,...

The Attack Continuum's In-Depth Defense Strategy

For many years, conventional wisdom focused solely on a perimeter-based defense with the mission to keep out all attackers. Now, it's become pertinent to see these persistent threats and attacks through a different lens - expect a successful attack and penetration of your defenses and design a defense-in-depth...

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Top 10 Key Considerations Before Investing in Web Security

Recent years have seen a dramatic rise in the scale and severity of web attacks. SQL injection attacks are occurring more frequently than ever, and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are happening on a much larger scale. The effects of these attacks extend long past the assault itself - in terms of lost revenue,...

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Case Study: How Financial Services Firms Can Defend Against DDoS Attacks

DDoS attacks against financial firms have continued to grow in size and frequency. The specific tactics and sophistication of the attacks have evolved rapidly. Outages have prevented customers and prospects from opening new accounts, viewing account and billing information, conducting online transactions and accessing...

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Case Study: Web Protection and Performance in the Age of Cyberthreats

This white paper explores the challenges and solutions of fighting cybercrime in the financial industry with strategies that match improving the overall customer experience with the need to maintain resilient and efficient security infrastructures. The content, guidance, and opinions in this paper are drawn from a...

Protect Against Cyber-Attacks: A Case Study

A business with 95% of its revenues generated online got hammered by DDoS attacks over a 6-month period, resulting in lost sales and damage to its brand. Unprepared for the situation, the company was forced to assess the threat and research solutions quickly. Using a cloud-based DDoS mitigation service, the website...

Mitigate DDoS Attacks and Stay Online: A Case Study

Top10optionbinaire.com, an independent trading website, had been hit by what is commonly known as a Distributed-Denial-of-Service, or DDoS, attack. Learn how Top10optionbinaire.com was able to reinstate their website and continue to protect against DDoS attacks to ensure the site was available 24x7. Discover how a...

Survey Report: Current State of DDoS Attacks in the UK

When DDoS attacks hit, companies go into crisis mode. It's all hands on deck until the danger passes. Neustar surveyed IT professionals across the United Kingdom to see how companies managed the crisis in 2012. Our report compares results from the United Kingdom with those from North America, detailed in a previous...