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Trends in DDoS attacks show a evolution beyond Mirai code and point to next-gen botnets that are better hidden and have a greater level of persistence on devices – making them “far more dangerous.” Continue reading ThreatList: Latest DDoS Trends by the Numbers
Attackers are increasingly targeting vulnerable cloud infrastructure to exploit it for covert cryptojacking or to deliver ransomware, Securonix researchers warn. Some attacks are fairly trivial, but others are multi-vector/multi-platform threats where … Continue reading Vulnerable cloud infrastructure experiencing increasing attacks
Cloudera and Hortonworks, two of the biggest players in the Hadoop big data space, today announced that they have finalized their all-stock merger. The new company will use the Cloudera brand and will continue to trade under the CLDR symbol on the New York Stock Exchange. “Today, we start an exciting new chapter for Cloudera […] Continue reading Cloudera and Hortonworks finalize their merger
MikroTik, Hadoop clusters, legislation and more will mark the botnet space in 2019. Continue reading Newsmaker Interview: Troy Mursch on Top Botnet Trends
The phrase “with great power comes great responsibility” was excellent advice when Ben Parker said it to his nephew Peter, aka Spiderman. It is even more applicable to any organization using open source software to manage their big data ana… Continue reading For recent big data software vulnerabilities, botnets and coin mining are just the beginning
An unsophisticated but effective botnet is targeting exposed cloud servers and racking up millions of infections. Continue reading DemonBot Fans DDoS Flames with Hadoop Enslavement
Continuing where we left off in The HELK vs APTSimulator – Part 1, I will focus our attention on additional, useful HELK features to aid you in your threat hunting practice. HELK offers Apache Spark, GraphFrames, and Jupyter Notebooks &#… Continue reading toolsmith #132 – The HELK vs APTSimulator – Part 2
Continuing where we left off in The HELK vs APTSimulator – Part 1, I will focus our attention on additional, useful HELK features to aid you in your threat hunting practice. HELK offers Apache Spark, GraphFrames, and Jupyter Notebooks as par… Continue reading toolsmith #132 – The HELK vs APTSimulator – Part 2
AtScale, a four-year old startup that helps companies get a big-picture view of their big data inside their BI tools, announced a $25 million Series C investment today. The round was led by Atlantic Bridge with participation from new investors Wells Fargo and Industry Ventures along with returning investors Storm Ventures, UMC, Comcast and XSeed Capital. With today’s investment, the… Read More Continue reading Investors place $25M on AtScale to get the big picture of big data
AtScale, a four-year old startup that helps companies get a big-picture view of their big data inside their BI tools, announced a $25 million Series C investment today. The round was led by Atlantic Bridge with participation from new investors Wells Fargo and Industry Ventures along with returning investors Storm Ventures, UMC, Comcast and XSeed Capital. With today’s investment, the… Read More Continue reading Investors place $25M on AtScale to get the big picture of big data