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Ethiopia Ranks 2nd in Africa for Outstanding Routing Security and DDos Protection

Eva Sgroi -
Ethiopia’s Internet providers are implementing best current practices to safeguard the country’s Internet infrastructure from emerging threats, according to a report from Internet Society Pulse. Currently, 99 percent of all 366,600 IPv4 addresses assigned to the country’s Internet networks have...
Cybersecurity

NETSCOUT: The Long Tail of Adversary Innovation

Luis Monzon -
NETSCOUT’s ATLAS Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) observed a record-setting 5.4 million attacks in the first half of 2021, further confirmation that their “up and to the right” mantra would continue to hold true. As the findings from the...
Company News

How Microsoft Was Able to Thwart the Largest DDoS Attack Ever

Luis Monzon -
A massive 2.4 terabytes per second (Tbps) Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack has been mitigated by Microsoft, the company says. The attack targeted an Azure customer in Europe and was 140% higher than the highest attack bandwidth volume Microsoft previously...
Cybersecurity

DDoS Attacks Triple in 2020, According to Research

Jenna Delport -
The number of DDoS attacks in Q2 of 2020 has increased three-fold in comparison to the same quarter in 2019, according to a report from Kaspersky. Kaspersky experts believe the rise in malicious activity can be attributed to the impact...
Cybersecurity

DDoS attacks demand different defense strategies

Darryl Linington -
Despite the fact that firewalls, IPS and load balancers are some of the least effective mitigation measures against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, they remain at the top of the list of security measures that organisations have said...
Cybersecurity

Advanced DDoS for SMEs from Arbor Networks

Staff Writer -
Around the globe, you don’t have to look far to find anecdotes about the increasing need for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to ramp up their cybersecurity arrangements. In South Africa, Professor Basie von Solms, Director of the Centre for...
Cybersecurity

Arbor Networks in first place when it comes to DDoS protection

Staff Writer -
The growing size, frequency and complexity of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks presents a serious challenge for any business. A recent study by industry analysts Quadrant Knowledge Solutions has identified Arbor Networks as the global market and technology...
Cloud Computing

How the cloud can improve your security solutions

Staff Writer -
As we trust more and more of our critical applications, services and systems to the cloud, there is no reason why security should not be on that list, says Gary Newe, Technical Director at F5 Networks. The advantage of being...
Cybersecurity

DDoS extortion attacks – a new threat to look out for

Staff Writer -
It is a testament to the sustained evolution of the cybersecurity landscape that we are still regularly seeing the emergence of new threats. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and ransomware are both well-established methods of cyber-attack, but we...
Cybersecurity

Top 5 myths surrounding DDoS protection

Staff Writer -
Buying in to outdated beliefs and pure myth around DDoS protection is a gamble, says Arbor Networks. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have evolved to become a lot more sinister than they once were. Yet too many organisations are...
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TECNO and itel Present Tech Gifts Ideas for Father’s Day 2025

Father’s Day is around the corner, on 15 June. It is a time to celebrate, honor, and appreciate the...
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