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Our Exposed World – Old exposures, new attacks

Credit to Author: Natasha Hellberg (Senior Threat Researcher)| Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2018 16:28:01 +0000

Natasha Hellberg, Senior Threat Researcher FTR With assistance from William Gamazo Sanchez, DSLabs Within the last few days a new player has been introduced into the distribute denial of service (DDoS) amplification attack world and with it brings the potential for much larger DDoS attacks than what we have seen in the past. While most…

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Massive DDoS attack washes over GitHub

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2018 19:26:48 +0000

We take a look at the colossal DDoS attack on GitHub, the largest-ever on record. How did threat actors do it, and what can companies do to protect against it?

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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of February 26, 2018

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:22:09 +0000

Pwn2Own 2018 is coming up in a couple of weeks and I am excited to see what interesting vulnerabilities will pop up at the contest. I attempted to explain the contest to my mom, and in the simplest terms, I told her that Pwn2Own is a contest where contestants are rewarded for breaking something. It’s…

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