DDoS Blog Series Part 2: How Do Consumers and Businesses Protect Against Cyber Crime?

Several spectacular attacks in the past few months have demonstrated the power of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and the importance of cybersecurity. DDoS attacks against blogger Brian Krebs, hosting provider OVH and domain name system provider Dyn crippled a reporter’s web site, shut down cloud-based customers and blocked access to major services such as Twitter, Amazon, Netflix, Airbnb and Etsy.

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EC-Council’s Updated Certified Ethical Hacker v9 Training Focuses on Latest Cyber Attacks

With enterprise and governments struggling to keep up with the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape, EC-Council has updated its Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification and training to version 9, focusing on the latest cyber attack vectors and addressing new vulnerabilities. With CEH training in preparation for the new CEH exam, students will gain access to thousands of the most commonly used hacking tools to help them look for vulnerabilities in their organization’s network just like a hacker would.

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