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DDoS attacks hit Portmap

Security watchers have warned about a new class of DDoS amplification attack threat which only exists because too many users are failing to follow basic safeguards:

Improperly configured services such as DNS or Network Time Protocol (NTP) have been exploited to launch a string of DDoS attacks over the last couple of years, the most high-profile of which battered Spamhaus and buffeted internet exchanges back in March 2013. Over recent weeks, another service – Portmap – has become a vector of DDos attacks, US-based carrier Level 3 warned.

: SECURITY EXPERT; Talking Point; Posted On Thursday, 20 August 2015 10:38

Ashley Madison Data Dump..."O You this adulterous generation"

Following the infamous Ashley Madison hack, in which hackers have released the personal data of thousands of people who used the adultery website..

Lamar Bailey, Director of Security Research and Development at Tripwire discusses the implications of the breach: “This has been one of the most interesting breaches this year. The data stolen and released has far reaching social implications and people are already harvesting and creating metrics on the data. Sites are publishing which cities have the most “cheaters” using which cities have the most profiles listed on the site. This could play into hiring decisions too because many companies run background checks, Facebook, Twitter, and Google searches for applicants. If an applicant shows up as an Ashley Madison user does that show something about the applicant’s trustworthiness and morals?

: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS; Talking Point; Posted On Thursday, 20 August 2015 10:29

Putting a stop to APC's tissues of lies and Muhammadu Buhari's unNigerian loyalty

PART TWO

...Buharism and the Fierce Urgency of Now

"The nation's civil service is currently a mere Gossip Arena and retail outlets for merchandising. Workers stroll in to work at whatever time they like, waka about and leave after such gossips. No stationery, other writing materials and such things like computers similar Government Departments in the West take for granted are hardly available as workers have to quarrel over the use of the few that ministers, permanent secretaries and directors have grudgingly provided, whilst they pocket the money meant for providing office facilities and equipment."

: JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOM; Nigeria Watch International; Posted On Wednesday, 19 August 2015 21:45

Who's Afraid of Shadow IT?

With the quality and quantity of SaaS tools available within the IT world, it has never been easier to use the top of the line products available for organisations. As SaaS tools have become more professional and reliable, a risk that may not have been immediately apparently has arisen – Shadow IT.