On February 28, Akamai recorded a 1.35 Tbps DDoS attack against one of our customers. The attack was driven by a relatively new vector, memcached reflection. Possibly the largest publicly disclosed DDoS attack to date, the memcached attack was more tha…
IRS Scams Balloon Ahead of US Tax Day
As the US tax season gets underway, the FBI has issued a warning on increased IRS-related phishing emails.
LA Times Hit with Crypto-Mining Software
Attackers were able to exploit an improperly configured AWS S3 cloud storage bucket to gain access to the site.
Nation-State Attacks Grow in Prevalence
The propagation of advanced exploits has blurred the lines between statecraft and tradecraft.
PhishMe Announces Acquisition and Rebrand as Cofense
A consortium of private equity firms has announced the acquisition of PhishMe, which has been rebranded as Cofense
US Spies: Russia Hacked Pyeongchang 2018
Intelligence suggests Kremlin spies tried to frame North Korea
Interpol Tests Global Cops with IoT Simulation
Some investigators still lack digital skills
US Federal Contractors Lag in Cyber Best Practices
BitSight says contractors aren’t following best practices.
CISOs See Incidents Growing and Preparedness Waning
A full 66% of CISOs believe their organization will experience a data breach or cybersecurity exploit that will seriously diminish shareholder value.