Cybercrime

Defending Against Layer 7 DDoS Attacks

Layer 7 attacks are some of the most difficult attacks to mitigate because they mimic normal user behavior and are harder to identify. Verisign's recent trends show that DDoS attacks are becoming more sophisticated and complex, including an increase in application layer attacks.

i2Coalition to Host First Ever Smarter Internet Forum

The i2Coalition has announced that it will be holding its first Smarter Internet Forum June 14th through 15th 2016 at Sheraton Downtown Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Neustar Data Identifies Most Popular Times of Year for DDoS Attacks in 2015

Neustar today released preliminary data indicating April, February, October and December as the most popular months for DDoS attacks. The report, compiled from 2015 data from Neustar's Security Operations Center (SOC), also details the rising threat of multi-vector attacks.

The Framework for Resilient Cybersecurity (Webinar)

A shift in security architecture is needed, to an open platform where devices and services from different vendors can share, and act, on threat intelligence information, all in concert and in the proper context. Join Ramakant Pandrangi, Vice President of Technology, and learn how to assist with designing a resilient security ecosystem by maximizing an API-centric approach.

Verisign Mitigates More Attack Activity in Q3 2015 Than Any Other Quarter During Last Two Years

As part of our efforts to support National Cyber Security Awareness Month by sharing the latest cybersecurity research, Verisign released its Q3 2015 DDoS Trends Report, which represents a unique view into attack trends unfolding online for the previous quarter.

Verisign’s Q2’15 DDoS Trends: DDoS for Bitcoin Increasingly Targets Financial Industry

Verisign just released its Q2 2015 DDoS Trends Report, which provides a unique view into online distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack trends from mitigations enacted on behalf of, and in cooperation with, customers of Verisign DDoS Protection Services and research conducted by Verisign iDefense Security Intelligence Services.

Announcing Verisign IntelGraph: Unprecedented Context for Cybersecurity Intelligence

With significant data breaches making headlines over the last six months, most notably the U.S. Government's Office of Personnel Management (OPM), organizations managing critical networks and data are watching their worst nightmares play out on a public stage.

Introducing the Verisign DNS Firewall

Verisign DNS Firewall is an easy-to-configure, cost effective managed cloud-based service that offers robust protection from unwanted content, malware and advanced persistent threats (APTs), delivered with the ability to customize filtering to suit an organization's unique needs.

Verisign iDefense 2015 Cyber-Threats and Trends

Here is an overview of the key cyber security trends we expect to see in 2015. The majority of this year's threats and trends reflect research on iDefense's core focus areas of cyber-crime, cyber espionage and hacktivism.

Q3 2014 DDoS Trends: Attacks Exceeding 10 Gbps on the Rise

Verisign just released its Q3 2014 DDoS Trends Report, which details observations and insights derived from distributed denial of service attack mitigations enacted on behalf of, and in cooperation with, customers of Verisign DDoS Protection Services from July through September of this year.