According to new data released by Netscout, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are on the rise. There were 17 million such attacks in 2024 – up from 13 million the year before. It’s an ...

On March 10, X experienced multiple outages, with tens of thousands of users reporting the social site was down for them. Later that day, after multiple failures, X came back online. What caused this?

Picture this: You're on a critical Monday morning video call with your team, delving into crucial project milestones. Suddenly, the call drops, everyone is disconnected, and your voice-over-IP (VoIP) ...

Cyberthreats aren’t just an IT concern—they’re a boardroom issue requiring constant vigilance, rapid adaptation and organization-wide awareness. To stay ahead, organizations must match evolving ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Late last year, an attacker known as "Matrix" orchestrated a large-scale distributed ...

The FBI has issued a security warning urging owners of old internet routers to replace their equipment, lest they become victims of a cyberattack. The flash notice, issued May 7, said that ...

Back in the real world, data breaches are not going away any time soon. News stories about cyber attacks against major entities appear almost daily, making cybersecurity one of the most pressing ...

A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering what is likely to be the biggest ...

The social network X suffered intermittent outages on Monday, a situation owner Elon Musk attributed to a “massive cyberattack.” Musk said in an initial X post that the attack was perpetrated by ...