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ISC2 Security Congress 2024: The Landscape of Nation-State Cyber Attacks

Tech Republic Security

CISA advisor Nicole Perlroth closed out ISC2 Security Congress’ keynotes with a wake-up call for security teams to watch for nation-state-sponsored attacks.

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BrandPost: DDos Extortion Takes VoIP Providers Offline

CSO Magazine

Attackers know bringing down VoIP providers that service a large number of customers causes a lot of pain and therefore is ripe for extortion.

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BrandPost: Practical Steps for Responding to the CISA Warning on Russian Cyber Attacks

CSO Magazine

The Shields Up warning is in direct response to increased Russian cyber aggression against Ukrainian and other targets in the region, including recent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and malware attacks. targets, CISA also warned of an increase in cyber attack activity against U.S.

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BrandPost: The Top Ten Industries Under Cyber Attack

CSO Magazine

As the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a massive shift in internet usage, cybercriminals quickly pounced, launching more than 10 million distributed denial-of-service (DDoS ) attacks aimed at crippling targets with a heavy reliance on online services.

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What does the Colonial Pipeline attack tell us about security today?

IT Security Guru

In May the US Colonial Pipeline shut its operational network after a ransomware cyber-attack. It’s said to be one of the costliest attacks for an economy. New details are emerging about the specifics of the pipeline attack all the time but there are a few concerns that every boardroom must acknowledge.

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BrandPost: Threat Actors Are Launching More Direct-Path DDoS Attacks

CSO Magazine

Just as the emergence of COVID-19 led to changes in how threat actors launched attacks, the return to work and school that began in the second half of 2021 (before Omicron reared its ugly head in November) resulted in a number of changes on the part of cyber attackers. terabits per second using server-based botnets in 2H 2021.

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CISOs Getting Back to 'Business as Usual,' Proofpoint Survey Shows

SecureWorld News

At the time, just 48% believed that a cyber attack was on the horizon within the coming year. In this year's survey, over two-thirds (68%) of CISOs said they feel at risk of a material cyber attack in the next 12 months. That's changing. CISOs are right to remain concerned about these threats.

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