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Large terabit-scale DDoS attacks will continue to wreak havoc and become a regular occurrence in 2017 unless Internet Service Providers harden their DDoS defenses, according to 2017 predictions from Corero Network Security (LSE: CNS), a leading provider of real-time security solutions against DDoS attacks. With 2016’s rear-view mirror showcasing significant new high-volume attacks, Corero’s threat predictions for 2017 include: Terabit-scale attacks to become the new norm, impacting ISPs and the Internet backbone itself Novel zero-day...

A new online service, which alerts you if your sensitive personal information is leaked online, has launched today in the UK. OwlDetect gives you the power to scan the ‘Dark Web’ - the anonymous collection of encrypted websites most commonly used for illegal trading - for almost any piece of personal data that might have been leaked or stolen during a cyber-attack. This includes email addresses, debit or credit cards, bank details and even passport...

Millions of accounts associated with video-sharing site Dailymotion, one of the biggest video platforms in the world, have been stolen. A hacker extracted 85.2 million unique email addresses and usernames from the company's systems, but about one-in-five accounts -- roughly 18.3 million-- had associated passwords, which were scrambled with the bcrypt hashing function, making the passwords difficult to crack. The hack is believed to have been carried out on Oct. 20 by a hacker, whose...

Silicon Valley analytics firm FICO today announced impressive results for its FICO® Enterprise Security Score, which assesses the forward-looking cybersecurity risk of trusted third parties and business partners. The company’s research shows that its score is twice as accurate as competing scores in terms of forecasting the likelihood that a company will suffer material data loss from a breach. More information: http://www.fico.com/en/products/fico-enterprise-security-scoring “The goal of any predictive model in this category is to maximise the...

A start-up business based in San Diego has generated significant interest lately due to its recent acquisition of $8.8 million in funding. Known as AttackIQ, the firm specializes in cybersecurity. The fundraising feat concludes the company’s Round A of funding, which stretched across the past few years. Meeting a Defined Need            Statistically, nine out of 10 startups fail. That fact alone is intimidating enough to make even the most determined entrepreneurs have second thoughts about...

Tenable Network Security®, Inc., a global leader transforming security technology for the business needs of tomorrow, released findings today from the 2017 Global Cybersecurity Assurance Report Card, in which the world’s information security practitioners gave global cybersecurity readiness a “C-” average with an overall score of 70 percent. The 2017 Global Cybersecurity Assurance Report Card solicited insights from 700 security practitioners in nine countries and across seven industry verticals to calcww.tenable.com/2017-reporulate a global index score reflecting overall confidence...

The prpl Foundation and the IoT Security Foundation (IoTSF), two influential not-for-profit organizations working to promote security and openness in the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that they have entered into a formal agreement to cooperate on projects that put ‘security by design’ into the IoT.  One element of the collaboration, around the IoTSF Self Certification Working Group, will be discussed tomorrow in London at the IoTSF Conference 2016 entitled Building an Internet of Trust. ...

Research by cyber security company Positive Technologies, has uncovered the depth of impact on customer loyalty in the aftermath of a hacking incident. Almost half of the 1000 people questioned by Onepoll (48%) claimed they’d cancel accounts if a provider of theirs suffered a data breach.  In addition, 35% said they would actively avoid choosing a company that had been hacked in the future if they were switching provider. Speaking about the findings, Alex Mathews...

The news that more than 412 million accounts and user credentials were exposed following the breach of FriendFinder Networks should serve as a reminder to both organisations and individuals about the weaknesses of passwords. Gideon Wilkins, VP of Sales and Marketing at Secure Cloudlink, believes that due to the high incentive for cyber-criminals to steal this information, passwords as a form of authentication should be eliminated completely from the security equation.  According to LeakedSource, which acquired...

Intel Security reveals over a third of Brits are planning to gift an internet-connected device this Christmas, despite UK consumers already owning an average of four connected devices*. Smartphones and tablets come top of the list, with 42% planning to upgrade their friend’s and family’s gadgets to the latest models. Intel Security also found the top two most popular gifts this year are the two most easily and frequently hacked, and typically hold the highest...