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Discussion Point: Is the Cloud Really Secure?
Cloud computing is on the rise, but with it comes new fears about data security. Cybercriminals are always looking for an in, so cloud services constantly need to stay ahead of potential vulnerabilities. Nothing has driven that point home more than a flurry of recent high-profile breaches.
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Discussion Point: How Big are Data Security Threats?
You may have heard that some cyber criminals in Russia recently stole more than a billion user IDs and passwords -- yes, that's billion with a "B.
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World Cup Website Hacked: Is Yours Vulnerable, Too?
Hacktivists have delivered on their promise to take down Brazil’s official World Cup website, effectively disrupting this year’s competition and adding significant weight to their ongoing global threats to use of computers and computer networks to promote political ends, This is no surprise, according to Incapsula, a cloud-based website security and
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Hacked! Attack of the DDoS Protection Services
DDoS attacks sabotage corporate websites to make them unavailable to legitimate visitors. Researchers at Incapsula, a cloud-based website security and performance service, said DDoS attacks are getting stronger, faster, bigger and smarter.
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Incapsula Names the Site Hackers Used in Major DDoS Attack
A few weeks ago, we told you how hackers used a novel technique to get thousands of online video viewers to unwittingly bombard a B2B website with junk traffic. Incapsula, a web security firm, said the attack resulted from a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on one of the
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Hackers Use Viral Videos to Attack B2B E-Commerce Site
You probably never thought about kittens, zombies and porn in the same breath — and the imagery gets even weirder if you throw the words "B2B e-commerce" into the mix.
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Joomla! Security Module Released by Incapsula for Joomla! Versions 1.6-2.5 Vulnerabilities
Older versions of the Joomla! open source CMS are susceptible to takeover hacking attempts, according to a three month study by website security service Incapsula.
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