Neustar puts DDoS in the Limelight
Neustar and Limelight have announced that they are to partner to deliver what they call: "the world's largest, most distributed DDoS mitigation network." This is to be achieved by combining Neustar SiteProtect...
Clever Cerber ransomware attack spotted
Researchers at security specialist Forcepoint have disclosed details of an email attack distributing the Cerber ransomware. The blog was posted by Nicholas Griffin and is entitled Cerber Actor Distributing Malware Over...
TeslaCrypt ransomware gives up
In a move that has taken many by surprise, the team behind the ransomware TeslaCrypt have decided to discontinue the malware. In order not to leave any users who haven't yet...
Office 365 is Microsoft’s big cloud success
Skyhigh Networks has released a long blog/report written by Cameron Coles entitled "7 Charts That Reveal The Meteoric Rise of Office 365". It charts how Office 365 has become Microsoft's big...
Did North Korean hackers hit Vietnam bank?
The SWIFT Banking Network has warned that a second bank has been hit by the same software that led to the Bangladesh Bank losing millions of dollars back in February. Once...
Using KMIP to prevent data leakage
At the MarkLogic World user conference the company has announced it has licensed Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) technology from Cryptsoft. The goal is to integrate the technology into MarkLogic 9...
Docker tightens security
Container vendor Docker has announced Docker Security Scanning is now live. This is an opt-in service for Docker Cloud private plans that provides a security assessment of the software in contain...
Businesses not doing enough in cyber war
According to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey carried out on behalf of the UK Government almost 70% of UK businesses suffered virus, spyware or malware attacks in 2015. Concluding that that...
Cyber security improving in FTSE 350 companies
The UK Government has released the Cyber Governance Health Check (CGHC) 2015 which shows that FTSE 350 companies are beginning to understand cyber security. The report was released on the same day...
Hotel malware caught checking in
Less than a week after warning that hotels were being constantly targeted by hackers, Panda Security managed to catch an attack in the act. The attack came in the form of...