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4 steps to defeat a DDOS attack on your organisation

Kasey Millions of computers around the world are controlled by cybercriminals. These computers have been infected with software robots, or “bots”, that automatically connect to command and control servers. The command and control servers then instruct the bots to carry out illicit activity, such as performing denial of service attacks, or harvesting application content. Building these networks of bots, or botnets, has become a lucrative business for botnet operators, who rent out their bots to the highest bidder.

One of the most dangerous botnet threats is the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Harnessing the aggregate power of thousands or tens of thousands of bots, DDoS attack can inflict tremendous damage on Websites, slowing down or even completely disabling them. And DDoS attacks are not isolated, but a regular issue for many organizations. According to recent survey of IT decision makers, 74% reported suffering one or more DDoS attacks in the past 12 months. Of these, 31% said that the attacks disrupted service.Whether the motivation is political, financial or just random, DDoS attacks can be extraordinarily costly for the targeted organizations.

: KASEY CROSS, SR. PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER, IMPERVA; InfoSecurity; Posted On Monday, 05 September 2011 08:48

DigiNotar hack affects millions of internet users

Responding to reports that Dutch digital certificate service DigiNotar, part of VASCO Data Security International, was hacked by politically-motivated cybercriminals, SecurEnvoy has warned that the scale of the attack could be far larger than was originally thought and compromises the security of millions of Internet users

According to Steve Watts, co-founder of the tokenless two-factor authentication specialist, as the facts start to emerge about the hack, the various pieces of the digital jigsaw are now coming together - and, he says, it doesn't look good.

: REGINE HARTMANN; InfoSecurity; Posted On Monday, 05 September 2011 08:47

Rohde & Schwarz wins contract to supply VHF and UHF Emergency Radio System for Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers

Contract with Aircraft Carrier Alliance ( ACA ) to supply state of the art software and recording equipment to aircraft carriers.

Vigilance can report that Rohde & Schwarz UK has been awarded the contract by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance ( ACA ) for the production phase of the VHF and UHF Emergency Radio System for both Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers.

: LIZ HARTNEY; InfoSecurity; Posted On Monday, 05 September 2011 08:44

Equality before the law: Met officer jailed for assault

The tendency often is that some police officers think they are above the law, but as a reminder that the laws of the land are no respecter of persons, a Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officer who took the law into his hands on November 6, 2009 has been sentenced to 18 months after being found guilty of actual bodily harm last Thursday, 1 September, 2011 at Southwark Crown Court in London.