The December episode of the “Tech Talks” series is all about “Carpet Bombing”. What is it, what makes these attacks so dangerous, and what can be done about it?
The agenda for the “Tech Talk” presentation includes the following content items:
The December episode of the “Tech Talks” series is all about “Carpet Bombing”. What is it, what makes these attacks so dangerous, and what can be done about it?
Extortionists such as Fancy Bear, Lazarus Group or Fancy Lazarus threaten companies with DDoS attacks that can disrupt networks and take business-critical services offline. More and more companies in the UK are affected by these threats, which are mostly made in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.
Experts from Link11 will analyse the current threat situation and point out the challenges in dealing with this extreme situation facing a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, while a representative from the Police Crime Prevention Initiatives will discuss how the police and cybercrime agencies detect criminal activity. Finally, a legal specialist will discuss the possible repercussions a business might face if they do not implement suitable cybersecurity measures.
These and other questions were discussed:
DDoS extortions have been around for years, why is their number currently increasing so much?
How do DDoS extortions work and what damages do the extorted companies have to expect?
What should be done when a company is confronted with Ransom DDoS?
What preventive measures should one take to protect one’s company?
Speaker
Joss Penfold – Regional Director UK & Ireland, Link11
Simon Newman – Head of Cyber/Business Services at Police Crime Prevention Initiatives
Leonard Scudder – Partner at Berkeley Rowe Law Firm
Link11 and NimbusDDoS explain how the DDoS attackers operate and how cyber extortions affect enterprise IT security.
Extortion by cyber criminals is an acute threat to businesses. The attackers are increasingly using ransom DDoS attacks, in which victims are forced to pay a ransom in order to avoid devastating DDoS attacks on their unprotected infrastructure and thus expensive interruptions in business operations. Attackers, sometimes calling themselves “Armada Collective”, sometimes “Fancy Bear” or currently “Fancy Lazarus”, have been using this approach to attack companies across a variety of industries for several months. With increasing frequency, the Link11 Security Operation Center has had to conduct emergency response operations at companies affected by such Ransom DDoS attacks.
In the pre-recorded webinar, you will learn more about:
What a DDoS attack is and how such attacks affect a company.
What the motivation of the attackers are and how an extortion attack works from a technical point of view.
What the new wave of DDoS extortions by Fancy Lazarus is all about.
How companies should react in an emergency situation.
How Link11 & NimbusDDOS can help organizations proactively reduce the risk of DDoS extortion.
Speaker
Andrew Shoemaker – Founder, Chief Engineer, CEO of NimbusDDOS.
Joss Penfold – Regional Director UK & Ireland, Link11 Ltd.
How to Avoid the Most Common DDoS Incident Response Mistakes
DDoS expert and NimbusDDOS founder, Andrew Shoemaker, reveals the common pitfalls of DDoS incident response. These pitfalls result in longer downtime and greater DDoS attack impact; yet are completely preventable. In this recorded webinar, you will learn about:
As the corona virus continues to spread, companies are enabling their employees to work remotely and continue all business processes digitally from home. However, this important preventive measure also poses major risks for the cyber security of employees, as well as for the company’s entire IT infrastructure. This calls for a consistent strengthening of the highly networked systems and processes.
In the pre-recorded on-demand webinars with security experts from Link11, you will learn which challenges need to be addressed during the coronavirus outbreak and beyond:
Real-world case studies of common failures
Manual vs. Automated Incident Response – what the numbers are telling us
Where enterprises waste the most time during a DDoS attack
Get a checklist to incident response success
Speaker
Andrew Shoemaker – Founder, Chief Engineer, CEO of NimbusDDOS
Eduard Meelhuysen – Vice President Sales EMEA, Link11
The pandemic is linked to increased cyber risks. This poses a massive challenge to the cyber security of companies, which are forced to increase their digital resilience.
As the corona virus continues to spread, companies are enabling their employees to work remotely and continue all business processes digitally from home. However, this important preventive measure also poses major risks for the cyber security of employees, as well as for the company’s entire IT infrastructure. This calls for a consistent strengthening of the highly networked systems and processes.
In the pre-recorded on-demand webinars with security experts from Link11, you will learn which challenges need to be addressed during the coronavirus outbreak and beyond:
Successfully mitigating cyber attacks
Providing IT security 24/7
Remaining operational
You can use the chat function to ask questions, which we strive to answer within 24-48 hours by e-mail.
The faster a security incident is dealt with, the lower its costs.
Time is money: it’s an old axiom in business, but it applies equally to cyberattacks. The more time that elapses until an attack is detected and successfully fend off or stopped, the greater the damage is usually.
Extortion by cyber criminals is an acute threat to businesses. The attackers are increasingly using ransom DDoS attacks, in which victims are forced to pay a ransom in order to avoid devastating DDoS attacks on their unprotected infrastructure and thus expensive interruptions in business operations. Attackers, sometimes calling themselves “Armada Collective”, sometimes “Fancy Bear” or currently “Fancy Lazarus”, have been using this approach to attack companies across a variety of industries for several months. With increasing frequency, the Link11 Security Operation Center has had to conduct emergency response operations at companies affected by such Ransom DDoS attacks.
In the pre-recorded webinar, you will learn more about:
What a DDoS attack is and how such attacks affect a company.
What the motivation of the attackers are and how an extortion attack works from a technical point of view.
What the new wave of DDoS extortions by Fancy Lazarus is all about.
How companies should react in an emergency situation.
How Link11 & NimbusDDOS can help organizations proactively reduce the risk of DDoS extortion.
Speaker
Andrew Shoemaker – Founder, Chief Engineer, CEO of NimbusDDOS.
Joss Penfold – Regional Director UK & Ireland, Link11 Ltd.
Link11 – Part I – The 7 biggest misconceptions about DDoS attacks
All you need to know about the biggest misconceptions when it comes to DDoS attacks. A brief explanation with simple examples for maximum understanding.
Many organizations underestimate how disruptive and damaging DDoS attacks can be. In the first part of the video series, Link11 reveals four out of the seven biggest misconceptions about DDoS attacks and shows why eliminating them helps keep your business safe.
Make sure that you don’t miss the second video for “The 7 biggest misconceptions about DDoS attacks”!
Link11 – Part II – The 7 biggest misconceptions about DDoS attacks
Part 2 available now: The second part explains more misconceptions about DDoS attacks. A brief explanation with simple examples for maximum understanding.
Many organizations underestimate how disruptive and damaging DDoS attacks can be. In the first part of our video series, we revealed four out of the seven biggest misconceptions about DDoS attacks. In the second and final part, the remaining 3 misconceptions are explained.
And just in case: The first part of the video is also available on our website!
Link11 and Forrester provide an update on current market developments.
In the “zero outage” era, people expect digital services to be available around the clock. The massive increase in home working during the Corona pandemic has stabilized as a trend.
In this world of remote access and VPN servers, we are seeing new types of data streams that require different strategies for threat prevention. Legacy infrastructures must also continue to be protected in the transition to zero-trust architectures. At the same time, the threat situation is moving towards the web application layer.
Marc Wilczek, Managing Director Link11 and guest speaker David Holmes, Senior Analyst at Forrester, discussed the current developments in the recording of October 16, 2020:
What is the effect of the ECJ ruling on the invalidity of the US Privacy Shield?
Why have extortionary attacks using DDoS, among others, increased in recent months?
Are hosting providers and telcos in the crosshairs of cybercriminals?
What should you consider when it comes to choosing a state-of-the-art protection solution?
In this webinar, recorded on Tuesday, 30 June 2020, our guest speaker, David Holmes, Forrester’s Senior Research.
Analyst for Security and Risk Professionals, shared concrete research insights on current cyber resilience trends, focusing on security architecture, buyer behavior and relevant distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks following the COVID-19 pandemic. Karsten Desler and Marc Wilczek from Link11 joined into a panel discussion to debate the issue of the new zero outage era from the perspective of an IT security provider.
Speaker
David Holmes, Forrester’s Senior Research Analyst for Security and Risk Professionals
Karsten Desler, Managing Director, CTO, Link11
Marc Wilczek, Managing Director, COO, Link11
Craig Coward, IT Media Relations Specialist (Moderator)
Threat Landscape Q1/2020: The Economy in the Crosshairs of Cybercriminals
Link11 experts provide insight into current digital threats and devastating effects they can have on companies.
Cyber-attacks at national and international levels are constantly increasing, and this reality isn’t only manifested in new market developments in the cyber security field. According to a recently published.
Link11 DDoS report, there has been an increase in both the complexity of attacks and growing abuse of cloud servers. These and further developments will be discussed in greater depth by our experts in a webcast.
All information about the Link11 AI filter technology quickly and easily explained – in just under three minutes!
What makes Link11’s DDoS protection solution so unique? The answer lies in the AI based filter technology. Watch the video to explore how our technology works.
Link11 – Taking Cyber Resilience To The Next Level
With the growth of cybercrime, it is important to have a proven and reliable protection against cyber attacks. Link11 provides you with such an intelligent and automated solution.
With the smart Link11 protection solutions you get the full package of proven cyber resilience:
Our AI system learns in real time from all attacks blocked by Link11.
The patented defense against DDoS attacks is always one step ahead.
Zero time to mitigate for known, under 10 seconds for new vectors. Guaranteed.
Contact us today or take a look on our website for more information about DDoS attacks.
