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    5 Nov, 2019
    DDoS attacks – Seven effects it has on cloud environments
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    Seven effects of DDoS attacks on cloud environments

    A question that I’ve encountered many times in the field of late is what are the impacts of DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service) on cloud compute environments?  The primary benefit of cloud is that it elastically scales to meet variable demand, scale up instantly, scale down when demand subsides – in seconds. So layman’s […]

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    3 Nov, 2019
    NCR Barred Mint, QuickBooks from Banking Platform During Account Takeover Storm
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    Banking industry giant NCR Corp. [NYSE: NCR] late last month took the unusual step of temporarily blocking third-party financial data aggregators Mint and QuicBooks Online from accessing Digital Insight, an online banking platform used by hundreds of financial institutions. That ban, which came in response to a series of bank account takeovers in which cybercriminals used aggregation sites to surveil and drain consumer accounts, has since been rescinded. But the incident raises fresh questions about the proper role of digital banking platforms in fighting password abuse. …

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