eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As cloud computing upends traditional perimeter models of cybersecurity, new cloud security models have emerged, and CWPP was one of the first to appear back in 2010. Shared accountability is followed by CSPs; service providers safeguard infrastructure, while customers secure data and apps.

Encryption 95

Encryption Malware Data breaches DDOS 95

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

Gartner played a big role in the development of cloud security terminology, coining the term “Cloud Workload Protection Platform” in 2010 to describe a tool used for safeguarding virtual machines and containers. Securing all those new cloud environments and connections became a job for cybersecurity companies.

Architecture 98

Architecture Risk Data breaches Threat Detection 98

The Falcon's View

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

If you've never been to RSA, or if you only started attending in the last couple years, then it's really hard to describe to you how dramatic the change has been since ~2010 when the numbers started growing like this (to be fair, yoy growth from 2016 to 2017 wasn't all that huge). good grief. let's drill into my key highlights. Size Matters.

InfoSec 40

InfoSec Education Accountability Big data 40

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The story on the Flashback author featured redacted screenshots that were taken from Ika’s BlackSEO account (see image above). The day after that story ran, Ika posted a farewell address to his mates, expressing shock and bewilderment over the apparent compromise of his BlackSEO account. ru under the handle “ r-fac1.”

Cybercrime 284

Cybercrime Accountability Advertising Computers and Electronics 284

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Wazawaka spent his early days on Exploit and other forums selling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that could knock websites offline for about USD $80 a day. In 2014, Wazawaka confided to another crime forum member via private message that he made good money stealing accounts from drug dealers on these marketplaces.

DDOS 322

DDOS Accountability Cybercrime Ransomware 322

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Going Mobile and Going Global: 2001-2010. In July 2001, the Code Red Worm attempted to subject the entire Internet to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Eventually, the infected computers were all directed to attempt a DDoS specifically on whitehouse.gov, though the White House managed to sidestep the assault.

Malware 140

Malware Ransomware Antivirus Internet 140

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

We believe that Iran started heavily investing in its cyber operations program following the discovery of Stuxnet in 2010, and we can track the evolution from there. The campaign by these nation-state hackers started back in 2015 and included a hit list of more than 1,800 accounts from organizations in five countries, including the U.S.,

Social Engineering 98

Social Engineering Government DDOS Engineering 98

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Many states also lacked the ability to tell when multiple payments were going to the same bank accounts. That’s a minor coup for a company launched in 2010 with the goal of helping e-commerce sites validate the identities of customers for the purposes of granting discounts for veterans, teachers, students, nurses and first responders.

Scams 337

Scams Insurance DDOS Authentication 337

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. The DDoS attack is part of a political activist movement against the church called “Project Chanology.”

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In 2013, Vrublevsky was convicted of hiring his most-trusted spammer and malware writer to launch a crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against one of his company’s chief competitors.

Cybersecurity 252

Cybersecurity Cybercrime Media Antivirus 252

Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2022

Though APTs were regularly seen from then on inside the industry, the term didn’t gain public consciousness until an attack on Google servers in 2010 , the fault of which was assigned to Chinese APTs. From then on, APT became a heavily used, marketable term. They don’t bother with waiting around like many other APTs do.

Social Engineering 72

Social Engineering Backups Malware Ransomware 72