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API Protection Best Practices

API usage in application development has become a standard.

IoT Spend to Reach $6 Billion by 2023

A new study from Juniper Research found that spending on IoT cybersecurity solutions is set to reach over $6 billion globally by 2023. It highlighted rapid growth, with spending by product and service providers (in consumer markets) and end-customers (in industrial and public services markets) to[...]

Gandcrab Ransomware Exploits Website Vulnerabilities

Researchers find campaigns distributing Gandcrab by hosting malware on legitimate websites with poor security measures.

New Rowhammer Attack Can Hijack Computers Remotely Over the Network

Exploitation of Rowhammer attack just got easier.

GDPR Requirements Prompt New Approach to Protecting Data in Motion

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) means that organizations must look at new ways to keep data secure as it moves.

AWS Joins the Blockchain Wagon, Targeting Healthcare and Finance

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today joined its rivals in releasing a blockchain service, half a year after its CEO cited a lack of "practical use cases" for the technology.

How to Reduce the Cost of Your AWS Bill

Have you ever looked at your AWS bill and wondered how on Earth you ended up paying so much every month? The odds are the biggest slice of that bill is from EC2, and most likely from the cost of running instances (servers).

DDos Quick Start Guide

In this guide we will examine the most common types of DDoS attacks, how they are performed and how they can be prevented.

Thousand of WordPress, Joomla and SquareSpace Sites Serving Malicious Updates

According to HelpNet Security, thousands of compromised WordPress, Joomla and SquareSpace-based sites are actively pushing malware disguised as Firefox, Chrome and Flash Player updates to visitors.

2018 Trustwave Global Security Report: Cyber Attacks Are Becoming More Organized and Structured

Trustwave released the 2018 Trustwave Global Security Report which reveals the top security threats, breaches by industry, and cybercrime trends from 2017. The report is derived from the analysis of billions of logged security and compromise events worldwide, hundreds of hands-on data-beach[...]