DDoS Attack
February 6, 2023
What Is a DDoS Attack? A DDoS attack consists of multiple compromised systems attacking a target on your network, such as a server or your
CATEGORY: Cyber Attacks and Breaches
Cyber Attack
February 6, 2023
What Is a Cyber Attack? A cyber attack is any attempt – successful or otherwise — by cybercriminals to access a cloud or computer network
Brute-Force Attack
February 6, 2023
What Is a Brute-Force Attack? Brute-force is a hacking method that uses trial-and-error password guessing. It relies on software to automatically go through millions of
Botnet
February 6, 2023
What Is a Botnet? A botnet is a network of bot-compromised machines that can be controlled and used to launch massive attacks by a bot-herder.
Red Team v. Blue Team
February 6, 2023
What Is a Red Team v. Blue Team Exercise? A red team v. blue team is a training exercise conducted by an organization to test
Advanced Persistent Threat
February 6, 2023
What Is an Advanced Persistent Threat? An advanced persistent threat (APT) is a threat (that could transform into a full-scale attack) where a hacker has
Why Bots Threaten Your Cybersecurity
February 3, 2023
Say what you want about bots, but you have to admire their versatility. Bots do everything from rank Google results and serve up cat photos
The Top 12 Healthcare Industry Cyber Attacks
January 4, 2023
10.1 million dollars. That’s the average cost of a healthcare breach in the U.S. It’s an alarming number that’s only continued to climb, increasing by
Understanding the Big Business of Cybercrime
November 17, 2022
Cybercrime is lucrative. This world of hackers, malware, and brokers is now a trillion-dollar industry, the number one threat to the global economy, and is
A Brief History of Cybercrime
November 16, 2022
Over the past decade, cybercrime has become big business — a $1.5T industry with an entire ecosystem of organizations run like legitimate organizations. Some offer
The Top Cyber Attacks of October 2022
November 4, 2022
We’ve made it through spooky season once again, but there is still plenty of scary business unfolding in the world of cybersecurity. October offered several
10 Most Common Types of Malware Attacks
October 25, 2022
Malware may be the biggest threat to your organization. If a malware attack is successful, it can result in lost revenue, unexpected down time, stolen
The Top 5 Cyber Attack Vectors
October 24, 2022
Prominent cyber attacks in recent years have run the gamut from one of the largest data breaches in banking history with the 2019 Capital One
The Top Cyber Attacks of September 2022
October 3, 2022
Maybe it’s the changing of the seasons, the start of a new school year, or just something in the air, but September’s cybersecurity landscape was
What We Can Learn from the ‘Prompt-bomb’ Uber Hack
September 21, 2022
It was the worst-case scenario for Uber, the popular ride-sharing app, when the company suffered a major data breach in early September. While the extent
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