More than 3,000 #cybersecurity specialists and 1,258 algorithmic models worked 24 hours around the clock to fend off 2.2 billion cyber attacks on Singles Day. Just another day's work for Alibaba defending 300 million hacking attempts per day.
The National Guard is serving as something of a stopgap to defend against cyber attacks for state and local governments that are running behind the curve in terms of cyber capabilities.
Latest study from Ponemon Institute indicates cyber attacks on SMBs are again on the rise and the new attacks appear to be focusing on SMBs in specific regions, with U.S. getting the worst of it.
Attention is turning from smart home to smart building with Kaspersky report showing nearly 4 in 10 of smart buildings affected by a malicious cyber attack attempting to infect computers that control automation systems.
The threat of cyber attacks on connected cars is getting very real as report shows majority of new smart vehicles from top 10 auto manufacturers are vulnerable and will be connected to Internet.
Majority of SMBs still do not believe they will be likely targets of cyber attacks despite the fact that 60% of the companies go out of business within six months after suffering an attack.
One key finding from CNCERT report shows most cyber attacks are using U.S. servers to implant viruses and carry out botnet attacks against Chinese computer assets.
Put to the test, more than 50 U.K. universities were found to be very vulnerable to cyber attacks. Jisc's team of penetration testers were able to breach defenses in one to two hours with a 100% breach rate.
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