Earlier this year, a downright chilling cyberattack against our nation’s critical infrastructure was exposed and reported in Oldsmar, Florida, a town of fewer than 14,000 people just outside of Tampa. The attack was targeted against a local water treatment facility…
Five Steps for Protecting Networks from DDoS Extortion
This article is part of a larger piece that recently ran on the NETSCOUT blog. Click HERE to read the original article in its entirety. DDoS extortion attacks are on the rise and raise the risk profile for organizations that…
The “new normal” of 10M DDoS attacks demands increased vigilance
There were nearly 1.6 million more DDoS attacks in 2020 than 2019’s count of 8.5 million, illustrating that DDoS attack numbers are moving in only one direction—up. With this massive uptick in DDOS attacks – hitting more than 10 million…
Lazarus Bear Armada Extorts Government Organizations with Sophisticated DDoS Threat
In a recent episode of the GovCyberHub Podcast, we sat down with a small panel of cybersecurity experts to discuss the current cyber extortion threat facing government organizations, state and local agencies, and private enterprises. What we learned is that…
Cyber Extortion Symposium – Keeping eCriminals at Bay
According to the cybersecurity firm, CrowdStrike, there were more than 40,000 cyber intrusions in just the first half of 2020 alone. What were the hackers looking to accomplish with the cyber intrusions? Since 63 percent of incidents CrowdStrike investigated in…
Work from home and neglected clouds – CrowdStrike Services Report shows 2020 was a virtual playground for hackers
Earlier this month, CrowdStrike released its annual CrowdStrike Services Cyber Front Lines Report, a report that outlines the trends that the firm identified from client engagements and key cybersecurity themes identified from the prior year. Candidly, it’s a report that…
Five things you didn’t know about DDoS that could cost you
This article was originally featured on the NETSCOUT blog, which is available HERE. Even before the current pandemic, the types and velocity of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks were on the rise. And with the architectural changes brought about…
e-Crime takes over cyber intrusions in 2020
2020 has presented a host of difficulties from the ongoing pandemic, to hurricanes, to an intense wildfire season. But natural disasters and pandemics weren’t the only threats to government organizations this year – a very real man-made threat also increased…
COVID-19 Sparked a Global DDoS Crisis in the First Half of 2020
At this point, everyone is well aware of the global health risks of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. So far, more than 1 million people have been killed by the virus around the world, and almost 37 million have been infected…
Are government networks secure against cyber threats in 2020?
Last month was National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which cyber professionals, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) claim is an opportunity to, “…raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity across our Nation, ensuring…
