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Two-thirds of customer-facing enterprise systems are bearing the majority of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, of which 8.4 million were recorded in 2019 alone. DDoS attacks are aimed at disrupting online services. A flood of illegitimate traffic is generated by PCs, Internet of Things (IoT), and other devices which send request after request, and these queries […] More
Facebook has called out the Singapore government for its use of the country’s Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) to block access to a page on the social networking platform. The move goes against an earlier pledge that the legislation will not be used to censor voices, says the US internet giant. Singapore’s […] More
Fortinet launched its next-generation firewall powered by its NP7 network processor, which aims to accelerate security operations much like graphics processors boost computing performance. The firewall, the FortiGate 1800F Next-Generation Firewall, is designed to address hyperscale data centers and scale to address emerging threats, improve performance and enforce policies. John Maddison, executive vice president of […] More
In a report published today, Eclypsium, a cyber-security firm specialized in firmware security, says that the issue of unsigned firmware is still a widespread problem among device and peripheral manufactures. According to researchers, many device makers still don’t sign the firmware they ship for their components. Furthermore, even if they sign a device’s firmware, they […] More
Less than a third of European developers take ‘full’ responsibility for security, according to a survey by NoSQL database maker MongoDB. But is that a good thing or a bad thing? Who ultimately should have responsibility for security and new software products? Business execs, developers, or IT security pros? Or should it be distributed between […] More
Microsoft ElectionGuard demos on July 17, 2019 at the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colorado. Image: Microsoft Tomorrow, on February 18, residents of Fulton, Wisconsin will elect representatives for the Wisconsin Supreme Court via voting machines that will be running Microsoft’s ElectionGuard software. These will be the first voting machines deployed in any US election […] More
Microsoft ElectionGuard demos on July 17, 2019 at the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colorado. Image: Microsoft Tomorrow, on February 18, residents of Fulton, Wisconsin will elect representatives for the Wisconsin Supreme Court via voting machines that will be running Microsoft’s ElectionGuard software. These will be the first voting machines deployed in any US election […] More
The first tranche of the Consumer Data Right (CDR) will officially be launched on 1 July 2020 and it will require the big four banks — ANZ, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), National Australia Bank (NAB), and Westpac — to share product reference data with accredited data recipients. Consumer data relating to credit and debit cards, […] More
