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This Week in Cyber Security News, May 2 – 8, 2018

News Highlights This Week Hackers bypassing a security feature of Microsoft Office 365, Twitter is testing an end-to-end encryption for Messages, Microsoft released security patches for the Zero-day flaws, Facebook Messenger is getting more and more Phishy, Healthcare industry is...

January 13, 2020

Is Your Online Business Ready for Shopping Season?

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Is Your Online Business Ready for Shopping Season?

Shopping season is round the clock. Online business, as well as online traffic, are counting on a spike. Online promotion and advertising are in place, new products have been added in the store, discounts are flowing heavily, and shopping carts...

January 7, 2020

How do Application Layer and Network Layer DDoS Attacks Differ?

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How do Application Layer and Network Layer DDoS Attacks Differ?

Both the application layer and network layer DDoS attacks are significant threats. But, they vary a lot from one another. Learn how these attacks vary and what can we do to reduce their effects. Distributed Denial of service or DDoS...

November 4, 2019

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AWS Hit by Major DDoS Attack

Amazon’s cloud computing division AWS lately experienced a major DDoS attack on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. The sustained DDoS attack appears to have lasted for approx 8 hours. The incident primarily affected its Router 53 DNS web service, but other...

October 27, 2019

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Top 5 DDoS Attacks of 2019 So Far

In recent years, DDoS attacks have only been increasing in both frequency and severity. Here, we’ll examine Top 5 DDoS attacks of 2019. 1. Recently Amazon’s cloud computing division AWS has experienced a sustained DDoS attack that appears to have lasted...

October 24, 2019

This October – National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Take responsibility for your own CyberSecurity practices

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This October – National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Take responsibility for your own CyberSecurity practices

Since 2003, October has been recognized as a National Cybersecurity Awareness Month which is observed in the United States of America. Started by the National Cyber Security Division within the Department of Homeland Security and the nonprofit National Cybersecurity Alliance....

October 14, 2019

How Web Security Platform can Change your Online Business

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How Web Security Platform can Change your Online Business

In the 2019, Internet Security Threat Report by Symantec, it is shown that form jacking has become a popular technique by cyber attackers to gain the financial information of online consumers. On average, there are more than 4,800 e-commerce sites...

September 12, 2019

Wikipedia was Down Across the Globe after a ‘DDoS Attack’

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Wikipedia was Down Across the Globe after a ‘DDoS Attack’

Wikipedia experienced a DDoS attack due to which it was down in the UK and Europe, and a number of places in the middle east on Friday evening. Users in Germany were trying to access Wikipedia faced an error message...

September 6, 2019

3 Tips to Protect Your Financial Data Assets with Haltdos Cyber Security Solution (Cybersecurity in financial services)

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3 Tips to Protect Your Financial Data Assets with Haltdos Cyber Security Solution (Cybersecurity in financial services)

Do you know there is a five-fold increase in cyber-attacks for the financial sector? (Rolling your eyes). UK’s financial services record a massive rise of 480% cyber-attacks in comparison to last year. In 2018, a total of 145 financial services companies...

August 5, 2019