The Rise of IoT Botnet Attacks & How To Mitigate Them
The meteoric growth of the IoT industry has forced vendors to prioritize impressive top line features and cost efficiency, leaving security as an un-sexy afterthought.
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IoT, Botnets, and DDOS: Avoid Becoming Part of the Problem
IoT, Botnets, and DDoS attacks are on the rise and a significant problem for the internet, as well as your personal data. This blog outlines the risks, types of attacks, and even provides preventative measures for improved network and device security to keep you, your networks, and your IoT devices safe.
Final Thoughts from zvelo After at Attending DEFCON 24
DEF CON is one of the largest, (if not the largest), hacker conferences in the world. Held over four days every August in Las Vegas, DEF CON is now in its 24th year and is bigger, better — and scarier — than ever. Our Senior Malicious Detection Researcher, Eric Watkins, participated again this year and provided a great multi-blog brief; giving us a glimpse into the very real, and scary, threat vectors coming out of the hacker world today.
Types of Bot Fraud: Malware Bots vs. Ad Fraud Bots
The size and magnitude of the Malware and Ad-fraud bot problem is immense and growing. And, as bots continue to proliferate, there’s important distinctions to point out between Malware bots and Ad-fraud bots.
zvelo Spent the Week with over 20,000 Hackers at DEF CON 24 (Pt. 3)
DEF CON is one of the largest, (if not the largest), hacker conferences in the world. Held over four days every August in Las Vegas, DEF CON is now in its 24th year and is bigger, better — and scarier — than ever. Our Senior Malicious Detection Researcher, Eric Watkins, participated again this year…
zvelo Spent the Week with over 20,000 Hackers at DEF CON 24
DEF CON is one of the largest, (if not the largest), hacker conferences in the world. Held over four days every August in Las Vegas, DEF CON is now in it’s 24th year and is bigger, better — and scarier — than ever. Our Senior Malicious Detection Researcher, Eric Watkins, participated again this year and…
Data Leaks: Has Your Information Been Breached?
You’re probably just as concerned about the rise of online fraud, data breaches, hacks and stollen accounts as the rest of the world is lately.
Analyzing the Cloud – zvelo Provides URL Analysis Solution for Leading CASB
A leading CASB company required a highly accurate and extremely fast URL vetting solution to help identify links to malware and other malicious threats for cloud-hosted documents, applications and associated sync services.
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Internet Safety Resources, Guides and Tips for Everyone
This article will be updated periodically, in support of numerous global online safety awareness campaigns occuring every year – Safer Internet Day (promoted in February), Cyber Security Awareness Month (October),IWF Awareness Day (also in October) and others. During these times, web safety advocates, companies, organizations and professionals worldwide raise awareness about safer and more responsible use of online technologies and mobile devices. Following is a living repository of online resources, guides, tips and entities aimed at helping everyone enjoy worry-free Internet experiences. Additional web safety resources will be hand-picked and added as they are discovered. To possibly be included in this list, or if other online safety resources exist that deserve mention, please feel free to comment below. Including a link and a brief description with each comment helps.
Hackers Abscond with $80 Million from Bangledesh Bank
Demonstrating the need for increased security against malware and malicious website, reports have emerged of a group of unknown hackers that broke into Bangladesh’s central bank. Once in, they obtained the credentials needed for payment transfers from Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then transferred large sums to fraudulent accounts based in the Philippines…