Move over attackers, these are the big leagues

When a gaming provider is taken offline it frustrates hardcore users and damages the company’s reputation. Because availability is of such primary importance to gamers, these firms are frequent targets for attack. “With distributed denial of service (DDoS)...

Arbor Networks debuts virtualised internal network traffic analysis

Arbor Networks, the security division of NETSCONetScoutUT, has introduced version 2.2 of Arbor Networks Spectrum, to the African region. Arbor Spectrum v2.2 is a high performance network traffic analysis platform integrating Netflow, packet and threat intelligence...

Protecting your personal credentials

It starts with innovative password selections, says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. Data is the lifeblood of our business lives and is of paramount importance to corporations everywhere. Yet, we have recently seen another set of personal information...

Understanding the modern webcam threat

On 21 June, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, posted a message on the social network celebrating an Instagram landmark. The photo and video-sharing platform, which is owned by Zuckerberg’s company, is now enjoyed by more than 500-million active monthly...

20 years of DDoS attacks targeting ISP networks

Arbor Networks, the security division of Netscout, has marked 20 years of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting the availability of Internet service provider (ISP) networks. In September 1996, New York City’s original ISP, Panix, was hit by a...

Attacks on cloud services prove costly

Successful attacks against cloud platforms and infrastructure can be prohibitively expensive. The Dyn cyber attack that took place in October, for example, in which multiple denial-of-service (DoS) attacks targeting systems operated by DNS provider Dyn, rendered major...