PerimeterX, a security based startup has just come out of stealth mode. They have developed a security service called the PerimeterX Bot Defender that protects online companies from automated attacks, including bot attacks, DDoS attacks, zero-days threats, brute force, price
In October of 2015, Amazon introduced two new security features: AWS WAF and Amazon Inspector. Amazon Inspector is a web application scanner that scans for vulnerabilities within the AWS environment. From a competitive standpoint, the Inspector tool is one of
The Internet of Things is expected to grow to 25 to 50 billion devices by 2025, creating a vast, byzantine sprawl of connected devices distributed all over the globe, affecting the lives of everyday individuals and revolutionizing every aspect of
Distil Networks has just released its third annual Bad Bot Landscape Report. Distil has the largest library of bots in the industry and specializes in bot mitigation security. Bots can be a diverse group of website and API predators. They
An excellent study was done by Robin Sommer and Vern Paxson on “Using Machine Learning for Network Intrusion Detection” that provides us with an in-depth view of machine learning and network security. Although the paper was written a few years
Skyport Systems is a Mountain View, CA-based security startup. They first emerged from stealth mode in May 2015 with a goal to building enterprise server with advanced security features built into its core architecture that will secure both at the
On February 25, Fastly shared the first part of their speaker series on security with Alex Pinto, Chief Data Scientist of Niddel and leader of the MLSec Project. The topic of his presentation was data science machine learning and security.
Ambari Views Now Available on HDInsight Ambari software was developed through Apache to enable provisioning, managing and monitoring of Hadoop clusters with a GUI and API. Previously Ambari was only available through a plugin to Ambari View Framework. Now, it
gilbc DNS Bug Reveals Deep Flaws in Domain Name Lookups Google has recently unveiled the “glibc DNS bug” (CVE-2015-7547), or a buffer overflow in the Gnu C library’s DNS client. glibc is an ancient bug with traces known as early
Shape Security has come a long way in a short period of time, recently raising $25M in Series D, fattening their war chest to $91M. Shape Security is an interesting startup, stacked with executives from government agencies and Internet giants
Networking powerhouse Cisco is angry as heck, having watched former Pions like Arista Networks, Palo Alto Networks, and many others come in and eat their switching and security lunch. Cisco is hell bent on turning the page to a new
Netflix Malware and Phishing Scams Steal Users’ Passwords and Bank Details Researchers at Symantec discovered two unique attack campaigns targeting Netflix users. Researchers explained that malicious files are posing as Netflix software on compromised computers’ desktops. The files are downloaders
One of the most successful methods for gaining control of sensitive user information (with the added benefit of less likely getting caught) is through Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) attacks. In a man-in-the-middle attack, a third party pretends to be the server that
Cato Networks, a Tel-Aviv startup founded in 2015, has recently gone to market with a Cloud-based Network Security solution that protects the new corporate perimeter. The new corporate perimeter is everywhere where employees are no longer being protected by the
Sharktech, one of the earliest providers of DDoS mitigation services continues to forge ahead into enterprise space, providing security solutions to its customers around the world, including to numerous state agencies. We recently got the chance to talk to CEO
