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As a general rule, I would generally avoid commenting on high profile cyberattacks. Criminals often get as much out of notoriety as they do stealing money from others. However the impact of the WanaCryptOR (aka WannaCry et al) ransomware on the National Health Services (NHS) can not pass without comment.
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There’s something magical about remote control.
The world I grew up in involved getting up and crossing the room to select from one of three channels of TV – or turning the box off. Today, remote controls festoon every surface of my living room and the idea of getting up to operate a device is as anachronistic as using the word “box” to describe a television.
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Raza Rizvi, activereach to deliver Infosec Tech Talk on preparing for a DDoS attack
Conference Session: DDoS On The Frontline: How To Plan & Prepare For A DDoS Attack – With Three Real-Life Case Studies
Date: 6th June 2017
Time: 16.00 – 16.25
Venue: Tech Talks Theatre at Infosecurity Europe 2017
Speaker: Raza Rizvi, Technical Director
Large and destructive DDoS attacks against major businesses are now commonplace.
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activereach to exhibit at Infosecurity Europe 2017
Date: 6th – 8th June 2017
Venue: Olympia, London
Event: Infosecurity Europe 2017
Stand: B40, Main Hall
Register Now – REGISTRATION IS FREE UNTIL 5th JUNE 2017 (12:00 pm BST)
You can stop the bad bots army!
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This month we share a blog article from technology partner, Semperis. Increasingly, Active Directory® is targeted by attackers; this article explores how you can enhance Active Directory security, and what to do if a breach leads to an Active Directory disaster.
Active Directory access acts as a gateway to a lot of your organization’s information.
more →Large-scale DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) botnet attacks are on the rise. Akamai, to take one recent example, has reported five attacks greater than 300 Gbps in the final few months of 2016.1 And it’s not all down to the latest cyber threat that’s keeping the security community awake at night: large-scale botnets built from everyday Internet of Things devices.
more →Preparing for the EU’s new data protection regime: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Could your business withstand a fine of 4% of its worldwide revenue? That’s turnover, not profit. Most would face severe difficulties, if not insolvency. But that’s the sort of fine that the European Union (EU) will soon be able to impose on companies who work with personal data if they allow a security breach or can’t demonstrate adequate data protection.
more →This month we share a guest blog article on enterprise application security from technology partner Akamai, highlighting the challenges of dealing with third party access to applications hosted in data centres and hybrid cloud environments.
As we know, enterprises have come a long way from the days when a few remote users needed access to a handful of applications.
more →We learnt a huge amount as a result of doing the DDoS test simulation. It was better doing this in a controlled manner instead of waiting until we are hit for real. We now understand a lot more about our systems and our people have gained useful experience, which has only improved our readiness for a real attack.
We certainly see the real value of doing this on a regular basis in a similar way to testing our fire alarm system so that people and systems operate under real scenarios efficiently.
Source: Imperva, 2015-16 DDoS Threat Landscape Report
Solution: All UK businesses with an online presence need to review their DDoS defences: talk to activereach about the solution that might be right for your organization
