
Open Source and botnets – we’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto
When it comes to the global threat landscape, the second half of 2018 revealed the equivalent of cyberattacks on steroids.
24 April 2019
When it comes to the global threat landscape, the second half of 2018 revealed the equivalent of cyberattacks on steroids.
24 April 2019
The arrival of TLS1.3, the latest advance in encryption technology, is going to require a re-think of certain mechanisms for detecting and mitigating some forms of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
7 March 2019
NETSCOUT Arbor has released its security predictions for this year, against a background which saw the largest ever DDoS attacks being unleashed in 2018.
18 February 2019
The first thing anyone purchasing any device that connects to the Internet should do upon switching it on for the first time, is immediately update it. If you don’t, you risk having it hijacked by a botnet. So says Bryan Hamman, territory manager for sub-Saharan Africa at NETSCOUT Arbor, which...
10 January 2019
When it comes to mitigating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, security professionals have long been concerned about the growing volume and frequency of such incidents. NETSCOUT Arbor, which specialises in advanced DDoS protection solutions, says that, with thousands of attacks reportedly underway across the world at any given time,...
7 December 2018
From an IT perspective, following a tick-box approach definitely has its drawbacks when it comes to mitigating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
12 November 2018
South Africa’s financial services sector is widely acknowledged to be both sophisticated and sound, backed by technology as well as a solid regulatory and legal framework.
17 October 2018
Big or small, and regardless of which industry your company works in, if your business processes data then it is of potential interest to a hacker.
21 September 2018
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that use Internet of Things devices are a significant threat to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and the potential it brings to revolutionise productivity and people’s lives in general.
8 August 2018
Established businesses with a significant online presence need to ask themselves if the measures they put in place previously to guard against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are still adequate against an attack that could be launched today.
25 July 2018