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Countering industrial cyberthreats with secure, standards-based, licensed wireless networks

Over the past few years, cyber threats aimed at a number of critical infrastructure targets have drawn our attention to the security of mission critical networks. These threats have included power grids in Ukraine and Ireland, U.S. energy companies and nuclear power plants, and most recently, at an electric utility on the West Coast where a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack overwhelmed grid network systems with false Web traffic. This was the first documented digital attack … More ? The post Countering industrial cyberthreats with secure, standards-based, licensed wireless networks appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Countering industrial cyberthreats with secure, standards-based, licensed wireless networks

State of the Internet: Attack traffic, DDoS, IPv4 and IPv6

Akamai today released its latest State of the Internet report, which provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds and broadband adoption across fixed and mobile networks, over…

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State of the Internet: Attack traffic, DDoS, IPv4 and IPv6

Mayhem malware ropes Linux, UNIX servers into botnets

A new malware that researchers have dubbed Mayhem is being used to target Linux and Unix web servers and has so far compromised over 1,400 Linux and FreeBSD servers around the world, warn researchers …

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Mayhem malware ropes Linux, UNIX servers into botnets

Dispelling the myths behind DDoS attacks

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are quickly becoming the preferred method for cyber attackers to wreak havoc on the internet. With a recent spate of attention grabbing headlines focused o…

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Dispelling the myths behind DDoS attacks

Week in review: DDoS attacks becoming more effective, and how to build trust between business and IT

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, articles and interviews: Gathering and using threat intelligence In this interview, Tomer Teller, Security Innovation Manager at…

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Week in review: DDoS attacks becoming more effective, and how to build trust between business and IT

Cisco patches enterprise wireless vulns

Everything from DoS to device access Cisco has issued patches and mitigation instructions for 16 of its wireless products, to take care of a number of denial of service vulnerabilities and one unauthorised access vulnerability.…

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