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After nearly 20+ years of working in the Telecom arena, I’ve seen a number of developments and challenges within the industry. One such challenge has been the advent of SPIT (Spam Over Internet Telephony), which is unsolicited bulk messages sent over a VOIP system and …

When cybercriminals combine a DDoS attack with a ransom demand, this is known as a ransom DDoS attack (RDDOS). The damage in such a case can be considerable and should not be taken lightly. Typical distributed denial of service attacks are now part of everyday …

The HTTP and HTTPS protocols are important for communication on the Internet and are therefore terms often encountered while browsing the net. But what is the difference between these two protocols? We have all the details. As soon as you enter and confirm an address …

CAPTCHA is a popular security mechanism that is often used to protect against spam on websites. Almost everyone has had to deal with such verification. CAPTCHA codes come in many different functions and designs – but the bottom line always remains the same: the goal …

Transport Layer Security (TLS) more commonly referred to as SSL, which is it’s predecessor, is a protocol for encrypting network communication. Whether we realize it or not we use SSL/TLS every time we open our browsers. Website owners and operators have an obligation to ensure …

The three terms DDoS, DoS and RDoS look very similar at first glance and also have many things in common, but despite all this they should be evaluated completely differently. All three definitions are digital attack types that cybercriminals are extremely fond of using to …

I’ve had the opportunity to work within cloud-based DDoS Mitigation Providers for over a decade, and over that time I’ve seen numerous strategies to deal with DDoS put forth by different sectors of the IT industry. Ranging from the traditional ‘big box’ hardware solutions, to …