Breaking the DDoS Attack Loop With Rate Limiting
This Tech Tip demonstrates how security engineers can best use rate limits to mitigate distributed denial-of-service attacks.
May 2023
Law enforcement crackdowns and new techniques are forcing cybercriminals to pivot
It can seem like cybercriminals are running rampant across the world's digital infrastructure, launching ransomware attacks, scams, and outright thefts…
Steel Built the Rust Belt. Can Green Steel Rebuild It?
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Cyclone Mocha’s Quick, Brutal Path
At least six people are dead, 700 injured, and huge swathes of a city have been destroyed after one of…
Toyota Discloses Decade-Long Data Leak Exposing 2.15M Customers’ Data
A misconfigured cloud instance exposed vehicle data, but not personally identifiable information, the car maker says.
Scientists Have Created Cancer-Fighting E. Coli Bacteria
Scientists in China are hoping to turn Escherichia coli bacteria into a cancer-fighting ally. In a new study, they describe…
Amazon Is Trying to Make a Lord of the Rings MMO (Again)
Amazon is willing to do whatever it takes to get what it can out of the parts of Middle-earth it…
New WhatsApp Lock Feature Protects ‘Extra Special’ Chats
The folks behind WhatsApp have a new feature to keep both pesky strangers or even close friends and family from…
PharMerica data breach impacts more than 5.8 million individuals
National pharmacy network PharMerica discloses a data breach that impacted more than 5.8 million individuals. National pharmacy network PharMerica disclosed…
You Can Play Doom Eternal and N64 Games on this $10 Desktop Calculator
When was the last time you checked in on the state of cheap desktop calculators? Apparently, they’ve evolved well past…