Monthly Archives: January 2020

NETSCOUT delivers DDoS visibility and protection for service providers and large enterprises

NETSCOUT, a market leader in service assurance, security, and business analytics, announced Arbor Sightline with Sentinel to deliver the next generation of DDoS visibility and protection for service providers and large enterprises. Combining core ARBOR NETWORKS and NETSCOUT Layer 7 technologies with intelligent analytics, machine learning, and automation, Sightline with Sentinel integrates network infrastructure defense functions into an orchestrated capability that delivers unparalleled protection for network, customer, and application services at a lower cost. “As … More ? The post NETSCOUT delivers DDoS visibility and protection for service providers and large enterprises appeared first on Help Net Security .

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DDoS: Man who sold website defences pleads guilty to attacks

The US resident co-founded a service to help firms protect themselves from web attacks.

Ubisoft sues handful of gamers for DDoSing Rainbow Six: Siege

Two Germans, a Nigerian, and a Dutchman walk into a bar. What happens next? A lawsuit, of course Game developer Ubisoft has lodged a claim against the owners of a website that allegedly sells DDoS attacks against the servers of its best-selling game, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (R6S).…

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Cloudflare for Campaigns protects political campaigns against cyberattacks and election interference

Cloudflare, the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, announced it will be offering free security services to help political campaigns in the United States and around the world defend against cyberattacks and election interference. The Cloudflare for Campaigns program will allow any eligible campaign to access a variety of the company’s security services including enhanced firewall protection, denial-of-service (DDoS) attack mitigation, as well as internal data management and security controls. … More ? The post Cloudflare for Campaigns protects political campaigns against cyberattacks and election interference appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Cyber attackers turn to business disruption as primary attack objective

Over the course of 2019, 36% of the incidents that CrowdStrike investigated were most often caused by ransomware, destructive malware or denial of service attacks, revealing that business disruption was often the main attack objective of cybercriminals. Another notable finding in the new CrowdStrike Services Report shows a large increase in dwell time to an average of 95 days in 2019 — up from 85 days in 2018 — meaning that adversaries were able to … More ? The post Cyber attackers turn to business disruption as primary attack objective appeared first on Help Net Security .