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The Internet Needs a Security and Performance Upgrade
The recent Internet outages caused by the DDoS attack on Dyn's infrastructure highlights deep architectural issues that need resolution. Security and performance are intertwined, and both need...
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The Massive Cyberattack or Chronicle of a Strike Foretold
During the last Computer Law Conference organized by ADIAR (Argentina Computer Law Association) and the Universidad Nacional de Sur, I gave a conference on the Internet of Things, cybercrime and the...
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Trust Isn’t Easy: Drawing an Agenda from Friday’s DDoS Attack and the...
Last week, millions of infected devices directed Internet traffic to DNS service provider Dyn, resulting in a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that took down major websites including...
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U.S. Department of Transportation Issues Federal Cybersecurity Guidance to...
U.S. Department of Transportation issues Federal guidance to the automotive industry for improving motor vehicle cybersecurity. The guidance covers cybersecurity best practices for all motor vehicles,...
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U.S. Federal Government Response Too Slow to Friday’s Internet Attack, Warns...
"We often refer to the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland that caught on fire over 20 times before we actually did something to introduce the Clean Water Act," says Allan Friedman, the director of...
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U.S. Senator Inquiring Into Friday’s Crippling Cyberattack
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and co-founder of the bipartisan Senate Cybersecurity Caucus, has released a letter asking three federal...
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Taking a Closer Look at the Recent DDoS Attacks and What it Means for the DNS
The recent attacks on the DNS infrastructure operated by Dyn in October 2016 have generated a lot of comment in recent days. Indeed, it's not often that the DNS itself has been prominent in the...
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No Apparent Financial or Political Motivation Behind Dyn DDoS Attacks, Says...
In an after-action analysis of the Mirai botnet attacks on Dyn, business intelligence firm, Flashpoint has assessed with "a moderate degree of confidence" that the perpetrators behind the attack were...
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Teenager Arrested for Launching Accidental DDoS Attack on 911 Systems via...
Cyber Crimes Unit of Maricopa County, Arizona went into full force on October 23, after reports of serious disruptions into the emergency 911 system for the entire Phoenix metro area. According to the...
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Experts Concerned Over Looming Security Risks of Ultrasonic Cross-Device...
Cross-device tracking (XDT) technologies are gaining popularity among marketers as they enable tracking a user's visited content across different devices and pushing relevant, more targeted content. In...
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UK Raises Cybersecurity Spending to $2.3 Billion
Britain's finance minister on Tuesday announced government's new five year National Cyber Security Strategy, almost doubling the funding from its 2011 plan to 1.9 billion-pound ($2.3 billion). "If we...
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Liberia’s Internet Brought to a Halt After Facing Multiple Mirai-Based Attacks
The entire internet infrastructure of the African nation of Liberia is distributed by the same weapon used to cause the historic cyberattack just two weeks ago. Zack Whittaker reporting in ZDNet:...
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Researchers Demonstrate How Smart Bulbs Can Be Hacked to Cause Mass Disruptions
An attack kit mounted on a drone was flown from a range of 350 meters to an office building in the city of Beer Sheva hosting some well-known security companies including Israeli CERT. Several Philips...
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UK Hospitals Forced to Cancel Appointments, Operations Over Cyberattack
Appointments and operations at three hospitals in the United Kingdom were canceled for five days due to cyberattack on the computer network. According to reports, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS...
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Can the Internet Work Across Borders?
On the face of it, the answer is a rather obvious and simple "yes"! The Internet obviously works across borders. Technically, it is a global network servicing its users wherever they may be on the...
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U.S. House Committee to Hold Hearing on Recent Cyberattacks
U.S. Subcommittee on Communications & Technology and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade have announced a joint hearing to examine recent cyberattacks. The hearing is entitled,...
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There are Reports of Widespread Post-Election Spear Phishing Campaigns...
"In the wake of the 2016 United States Presidential Election, not even six hours after Donald Trump became the nation's President-Elect, an advanced persistent threat (APT) group launched a series of...
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Major Russian Banks Under a Multi-Day Cyberattack
"5 major Russian banks repel massive DDoS attack," according to a reprot from RT news agency. "The attack began Tuesday afternoon, and continued for two days straight, according to a source close to...
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Akamai: DDoS Attacks Increased 71 Percent in Q3 2016 as Compared to Q3 2015
Akamai releases its Third Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet / Security Report, providing analysis of the current cloud security and threat landscape, including insight into two record setting DDoS...
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Russian Security Firm Kaspersky Announces Its Own Secure OS, 14 Years in the...
Kaspersky introducing its own operating system, "with not even the slightest smell of Linux.""I've anticipated this day for ages — the day when the first commercially available mass market hardware...
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