This article originally appeared on the NETSCOUT blog. Click here to read the original in its entirety. The need for organizations and government agencies to shift and evolve quickly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in large-scale change for remote access…
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…
VPN, DDoS and the coronavirus – how hackers could shut down the federal workforce
As the world undertakes what has been called the “world’s largest work-from-home experiment” and with over 10 million workers in the US – including government workers – now scrambling to connect to their workplace servers and infrastructure from their bedrooms,…