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In the face of these growing cyber threats, organisations are demonstrating far more success in detecting and blocking them, according to the study.

Organisations experience 30 cyber breaches per year: Study

With ransomware and DDoS attacks on the rise, the average number of focused cyber attacks per organisation has more than...

18 April 2018 2:16 AM GMT

Established by a General Assembly resolution, the expert group brings together diplomats, policy makers and experts from around the globe to discuss the most pressing challenges in cybercrime today.

Half of Q3 DDoS attacks happened in September

The rise is caused by a large number of rather simple types of attacks.

13 Nov 2019 9:12 AM GMT

The top three counties which had the most conducted DDoS attack remain the same. China is again in first place but its share dropped significantly from 77.67% to 50.43%. The US remains second and third place is still occupied by Australia.

2018 saw cybercriminals dropping basic DDoS operations: Kaspersky

The low cost of DDoS-as-hire makes such attacks one of the most affordable cyberweapons for evil competitors or internet...

26 Feb 2019 10:01 AM GMT

This collaborative analysis suggested an evolution of IoT botnets, from a nearly exclusive use case of launching DDoS attacks to more sophisticated activities such as ransomware distribution and crypto-mining. (Photo: Pixabay)

DDoS attacks almost double in Q4 2019 compared to previous year

Further investigation of botnet activity reveals that around 28 per cent of attacks happened on weekends.

24 Feb 2020 1:16 AM GMT

Fraudsters send out threatening messages to a large number of companies in the hope that someone will decide to be better safe than sorry.

DDoS attacks get smarter, badder

Experts warn that if a victim company decides to pay, it may bring long-term damage in addition to instant monetary...

7 Aug 2017 3:28 AM GMT

The kind and the scale of these cyber weapons was such that even the CIA lost control of majority of its hacking arsenal which includes state of the art malware, viruses, Trojans and weaponised zero day exploits which can be worth millions of dollars each in dark web.

Criminal benefits: profit margin of a DDoS attack can reach 95 per...

Arranging an attack costs as little as $7 an hour, while the targeted company can end up losing thousands, if not...

27 March 2017 12:19 PM GMT

The report, using data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, provides analysis of the current cloud security and threat landscape, as well as insight into seasonal trends.

India ranks No.2 on list of Web Application Attacks Source Countries

There is a significant need for companies to scale up investments, ensure application and infrastructure security.

20 Feb 2017 5:45 AM GMT

The official website of the Navi Mumbai police was hacked for second time in a month.

Christmas revenues at risk from DDoS and POS-vulnerabilities

An increase in attacks where DDoS and POS systems were the main vectors is making the situation even worse

7 Dec 2017 11:56 AM GMT

The source said that Brigadier Sanjay Puri had been attending a course in United State when his email was hacked. (Representational image)

Indian-origin student charged with cyber-attacks in US

The indictment accuses the graduate student of initiating a number of attacks on a local provider of online chat...

14 Dec 2016 5:50 AM GMT