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Contrarisk Security Podcast #0026: Evolving DDoS

Steve 29 Sep 2014 No Comments

» Listen or download now on the podcasts page » Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have been with us for a long time. But is the nature of the attacks evolving, and how is this presenting new threats? We’re all too familiar with DDoS being exploited for hacktivism, political purposes and for extortion. But, in this interview, Dave Larson, CTO of… Read more »

Profiting from our vulnerability

Steve 22 Nov 2012 No Comments

Security is a business and those of us who make a living from it, in some form or other, effectively profit from the fact that vulnerabilities get exploited by bad people. But is there a moral or ethical limit to how you turn insecurity into money? ReVuln, a security company based in Malta, claims to have found nine zero-day vulnerabilities… Read more »