A vulnerability in enterprise collaboration suite MiCollab by telecommunications company Mitel has been abused for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks with record-breaking amplification potential.
Akamai Is a Leader in Forrester New Wave: Microsegmentation
We are excited to be named a Leader in The Forrester New Wave?: Microsegmentation, Q1 2022. We were evaluated alongside eight other vendors in the microsegmentation space and ranked in 10 criteria, including product vision, interface and reporting, hos…
Russian Airstrike at NATO’s Doorstep Raises Fears of Expanded War
Russia launched a barrage of airstrikes on Sunday against a military base in western Ukraine where American troops had trained Ukrainian forces just weeks earlier, bringing the war 11 miles from the border with Poland, where NA…
Could have responded to India after its missile landed in Pakistan, but observed restraint: PM Imran Khan
The unarmed Indian supersonic missile entered Pakistani territory, endangering several airliners during the course of its flight before hitting a private property, some 275-km from LahoreDays after India claimed that the missile was ‘fired …
BrahMos missile’s air-launched version to hit targets 800 km away: Sources
The air-launched version of the BrahMos missile will be capable of reaching targets up to 800 kilometres away, sources said on Sunday.ndia is developing a new air-launched version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which would be able…
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 264
Adafruit discloses data leak from ex-employee’s GitHub repo (bleepingcomputer.com)
Malware now using NVIDIA’s stolen code signing certificates (bleepingcomputer.com)
NSA report: This is how you should be securing your network | ZDNet
Russia has unnecessarily showed its capabilities (or lack of it) in a war it might strategically lose
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has exposed a lot of valuable information on the Russian Armed Forces’ overall capabilities, considered valuable not just by NATO forces that was formed to counter a theoretical Russian invasion of Western (and Eastern) …
Six Key Takeaways from the OMB Memo
In May 2021, following a number of high-profile security incidents, U.S. President Biden issued an executive order that set out a high-level agenda to modernize and improve the government?s cyber resilience. This January, the U.S. Office of Management …
DNS Cybersquatting: The Case for Edge DNS Zone Protect
Cybersquatting, also known as domain squatting, is a type of scam that mimics a brand’s domain to confuse potential victims and gain their trust. According to Revision Legal, ?Cybersquatting is prohibited in the U.S. by federal law under the Anticybers…
In China and Japan, Malicious Botnets Surge Amidst Holiday Ecommerce Traffic
Akamai data shows that in the days leading up to and including Lunar New Year, the activity of malicious bots increased 15% in China over the previous month. While a similar surge occurs during the high-traffic seen at the end-of-year holidays in EMEA …