A hot topic for IT professionals in Hungary this year is ensuring legal compliance of their IT systems. Financial organizations are targeted by the DORA regulation to improve operational resiliency and minimize cyber security threats, while organizations in the high risk and critical risk categories, including many industrial manufacturing companies, are covered by the NIS2 […]
The year 1974 was interesting in many ways. Here are a few events as examples: In addition to all these, 1974 can also be considered the year of the first Denial of Service (DoS) attack The story has its roots in the final years of World War II. In 1944, the U.S. passed a law1 […]
In order to help protect our clients’ network, Verticum experts use NETSCOUT reports, which also contain numerous interesting information. The number of DDoS attacks worldwide in the first half of 2024 exceeded 7.9 million, a 12.8% jump compared to the second half of 2023. The situation in EMEA is even worse: 3.9 million attacks – […]
The traditional view that the security of our network is guaranteed by firewalls on the perimeter alone, and that everything inside is trustworthy and safe, is simply outdated. Adequate perimeter protection is no longer sufficient against advanced threats, and devices can no longer be trusted just based on which side of the firewall they are […]
The DNS infrastructure is fundamental to Internet communications, so it is not surprising that it is abused in so many different ways by so many different activities that threaten IT security. Let’s look at some examples and possible solutions. Some malware, when it gets into a network, is so primitive that it does not even […]
Those who have survived a few DDoS attacks will probably know the answer, but for the rest of us, it’s worth asking: should we be wary of such incidents? Our view is that it is best to be aware of the nature of DDoS attacks and to be prepared to avoid the damage they can […]