Category: Cybersecurity

Defending global networks in the era of AI

AI only complicates the digital battleground in a constantly evolving DDoS landscape. Cyber criminals are already leveraging AI-enabled cyberattacks to besiege global networks, threatening to disrupt world economies. Our recent survey revealed that over 50 percent of manufacturing and automotive decision-makers see cybersecurity as their top network challenge, recognizing that AI facilitates a never-ending cycle of cyberattacks and defense in vulnerable industries.

Slaying the many-headed hydra of cyber-physical network threats

Today’s cyber-physical systems face diverse threats that endanger global communications, including accidental damage, geopolitical sabotage, DDoS attacks, and natural disasters. Network operators are battling a many-headed hydra, with each threat requiring a unique mitigation strategy.

Defeating DDoS: Together we’re stronger

Our global Internet backbone, AS1299, gives us a unique perspective on the constantly evolving DDoS threat landscape, and the impact it’s having on the wider Internet. Every year we use our own network data to compile our DDoS Threat Landscape Report. This year, our report highlights the main global DDoS trends we observed in 2023 […]

DDoS: Has the fightback got teeth?

It might be no surprise to hear that DDoS traffic has continued to rise since 2021 – up 19% according to our latest DDoS Threat Landscape Report, issued earlier in May.  This is in line with Internet traffic growth, but the nature of the attacks has, and continues to change.  The volume of attacks is […]

Blocking robocalling to foil phishing scams

Many consumers may sigh with relief as the FCC blocks robocalling and robotexting to foil phishing scams. Consumers know all too well that the mobile ecosystem lacks regulation, as many are besieged by daily spam texts imploring them to divulge confidential data, with US consumers receiving 14.1 billion spam texts last month. As a result, the […]