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NEW TECH: Cequence Security launches platform to shield apps, APIs from malicious botnets

The Last Watchdog

billion data records were compromised worldwide in the first half of 2018 – a 72 percent rise in the number of lost, stolen or compromised records reported in the first six months of 2017. Vulnerable online apps and services factored in as a primary target of automated botnet attacks. According to Gemalto’s Breach Level Index , 3.3

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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

Moreover, following a 78% increase in attacks on supply chain vendors between 2017 and 2020, 35% of all nation-state attacks are now targeted at enterprises. For example, the Lazarus Group (also known as APT38), which has connections to the North Korean government, is reportedly behind “the creation of the malware used in the 2017 WannaCry 2.0