Best practices to mitigate DDoS attacks

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	Best practices to mitigate DDoS attacks The hactivist group Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters is several weeks into Operation Ababil 2, and, as promised, is once again directing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks at U.S. banks. The group has vowed to continue disrupting online and mobile banking sites until all instances of the movie "Innocence of Muslims" are removed from YouTube. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel® Xeon® Processors Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now! In this Issue Ransom, implant attack highlight need for healthcare security Better business-government teamwork needed to categorically fight cyberthreats Voice 'fingerprints' may plug call-center security leaks Botnets for hire likely used in attacks against US banks, security firm says IBM cements 20 years of patent dominance U.S. bank cyberattacks reflect 'frightening' new era WEBCAST: Navisite Desktops as a Service: Sorting Fact From Fiction This webcast looks at the realities of taking desktops to the cloud in a reliable, manageable way. It explores the role of virtualization and hosted services while examining the intricacies of Microsoft licensing. It's a must-see event for anyone looking to leverage the realities of DaaS. View now. Ransom, implant attack highlight need for healthcare security Healthcare data breaches are all bad, and reaching epidemic levels. But the raw statistics are only a piece of the story. Read More Better business-government teamwork needed to categorically fight cyberthreats The Business Roundtable, the association of 210 chief executive officers whose companies account for more than $7.3 trillion in annual revenues and 16 million employees, today said that cyberthreats to their businesses have become so severe, a new way of sharing real time security information needs to be set up among companies and with the U.S. government. Read More WEBCAST: Meru Networks Impact of 802.11ac on WLAN In this webinar, industry expert Craig Mathias and Robert Crisp from Meru Networks will discuss the impact 802.11ac will have on enterprise WLAN networks and how to best prepare for it. Learn more. Voice 'fingerprints' may plug call-center security leaks You've heard such stories. Mat Honan, a reporter for Wired magazine had almost his entire digital life erased when a fraudster used social media account information to trick Apple and Google into allowing him access to Honan's account information. Read More Botnets for hire likely used in attacks against US banks, security firm says Evidence collected from a website that was recently used to flood U.S. banks with junk traffic suggests that the people behind the ongoing DDoS attack campaign against U.S. financial institutions -- thought by some to be the work of Iran -- are using botnets for hire. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Building modern, virtualization-optimized data centers HP offers a flexible, virtualization-optimized data center network architecture that requires far fewer devices, interconnections, layers, and discrete appliances. HP Networking solutions streamline network operations and accelerate application and service delivery; reduce space, power, cooling, and capital requirements. View Now IBM cements 20 years of patent dominance IBM earned 6,478 utility patents last year, topping the list of patent winners for the 20th year in a row, according to data from IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. With its record haul, Big Blue bested its 2011 patent tally by 5%. Read More U.S. bank cyberattacks reflect 'frightening' new era Cyberattacks on U.S. banks over the last several months reflect a frightening new era in cyberwarfare that corporations are unprepared to battle because of a shortage of experts skilled in building effective defenses, one security expert says. Read More
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