The Total Number of DDoS Attacks in 2022 Increased by 73% Worldwide
The year of 2022 was remarkable in terms of significant rise in the number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and their intensity worldwide.
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How Energy Companies Can Preempt Cyberattacks by Monitoring the Dark Web
While there are some specific positive uses for this anonymised area of the internet, we know from our own research that the vast majority of activity on the dark web is explicitly illegal.
Explained: System Availability Attacks and Why They are Likely to be Your Greatest Threat
Just think for a minute… What would happen if all of your critical systems were suddenly taken offline?
Cyberattack Disrupts Greek National High School Exams
End-of-year high school exams in Greece were disrupted this week by “one of the most extensive cyberattacks in the country’s history”
NCSC Joins Partners to Issue Warning About China State-Sponsored Cyber Activity Targeting CNI Networks
The UK and agencies in the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand have issued new advice today (Wednesday) to help organisations detect China state-sponsored activity being carried out against critical national infrastructure networks.
Capita Issued Erroneous Breach Details, Officials Report
Local Authority Finds Sensitive Data Was Exposed Despite Assurances to the Contrary.
Why More Transparency Around Cyber Attacks is a Good Thing for Everyone
Eleanor Fairford and Mihaela Jembei reflect on why it’s so concerning when cyber attacks go unreported.
A New Home Front – DARKTRACE
Cyber warfare is increasingly being conducted outside of centralized military or government efforts. In the modern cyber landscape, anyone with a computer and a basic skill set can contribute to a war.
Citizen Developers the next big Cyber Threat?
Gartner predict in 2023 that there will be four times the number of Citizen Developers than Professional Developers. How will this change the Cyber Threat landscape?
Cyber Criminals – Bad, Mad or Sad?
As a baby barrister, I was assured that criminals were bad, mad or sad… I discovered that most defendants did not fall into any one neat category.
