Bensdays - Ep #3 Botnets and Citrus
What do lemons and botnets have in common? You’ll have to watch to find out! Check out Ben Edwards in this week’s reel for a fresh take on cyber threats.
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Evolution of Scalper Bots Part 4: New Bot Tactics vs. Anti-Bot Tools and Legislation
Welcome back to our Evolution of Scalper Bots series. In our last post, we explored how scalper bots expanded into new markets from 2010 to 2014. We saw the scalper bot industry rise and a technological arms race begin between developers and retailers. As we delve into the period of 2015 to 2017, this battle intensifies. Scalper bots become more sophisticated, retailers implement new countermeasures, and legal challenges emerge.
Cybersecurity Sessions S03E03 - Stuart Seymour (Group CISO, Virgin Media O2)
In this insightful episode, Stuart Seymour, Group CISO and CSO at Virgin Media O2, joins Andrew Ash (CISO, Netacea) to discuss how his experience as a British Army Captain shaped his unique leadership style in cybersecurity. Stuart also shares his passion for building diverse, neurodiverse teams, drawing from his own experience with dyslexia. He dives into the growing importance of AI in SOCs and the complex challenges of navigating global cybersecurity regulations. A must-listen for anyone looking to understand the evolving role of a CISO in today's landscape.
Combating Content Theft: Maximize Revenue by Securing Your Content
Content scraping is on the rise. While it can benefit your business in some cases, it can also lead to lost revenue, degraded website performance, and content theft. Web scraping is a hot topic in tech news. This trend links to the rise in AI tools, specifically LLMs (large language models), which rely on content to generate their outputs. They scrape content from across the web to train these algorithms. This is a controversial subject with moral, technical, and legal implications.
Edge Device Botnet Compromise
A recent joint threat advisory from the FBI, CNMF, NSA (18 September 2024), highlights the extent of Chinese-affiliated threat actors’ ongoing botnet campaigns which seek to compromise thousands of internet-connected edge devices over a sustained period. This campaign, known as Oriole, is just one of several such active campaigns observed since 2020. JUMPSEC observations indicate that law enforcement has not yet disrupted the botnet, and indicators of compromise (IOCs) are likely ongoing.
The Truth About Why Server-Side Bot Management Beats Client-Side
As a security professional considering a robust bot defense strategy, it’s important to understand the ever-evolving nature of bot threats and the critical need for a scalable, robust solution. Traditionally, businesses rely on agent-based bot management solutions, also known as client-side or front-end detection, by deploying small pieces of software (agents) on customer devices to detect malicious activity. However, these approaches carry significant risks.
Why is Server-Side #BotManagement Better Than Client-Side? #shorts #bots
He's why Netacea was designed to never need client-side technology, offering a more secure option for bot management.
What are Netacea Threat Intel Feeds?
Learn more about Netacea Threat Intel Feeds, including how our customers use them to harden existing defenses, from Netacea CTO & co-founder Andy Still. This video explains how Netacea ensures the accuracy of its threat intelligence, the methods of data distribution, and the practical uses of Threat Intel Feeds in blocking malicious traffic and aiding in decision-making processes.
The Rising Cost of Insecure APIs and Bot Attacks: Global Firms Face $186 Billion in Losses
In the evolving landscape of digital threats, two growing concerns are proving costly for organizations worldwide: insecure APIs and bot attacks. A recent report highlights that these vulnerabilities have escalated dramatically, with global firms suffering financial losses between $94 billion to $186 billion annually. The exponential rise in API adoption, combined with AI-powered bot attacks, has created a perfect storm for cybercriminals to exploit.
Did scalper #bots snatch your #Oasis ticket? #shorts
Netacea bot experts discuss the challenges around the Oasis reunion tour ticket sales, focusing on the issues caused by bots and scalping in high-demand events.