Today our security product, ACSIA (www.acsia.io) detected numerous attacks but one in particular took our attention. The attack originated from Chicago Illinois and it seemed to resolve to a legitimate company called “SecurityScorecard” – www.securityscorecard.com – a security risk rating company. Usually in the majority of attacks that we see, people launch random and mass …
With all the excitement of our first Release Candidate launch last week, it’s nice to step back and get some feedback from our system. We have deployed ACSIA to monitor a number of our internal monitoring systems while we continue development and improvement – after checking in on our system left running over the weekend, …
ACSIA Capturing Sophisticated BotNet Attacks Originating From Dallas – USA Read More »
ACSIA Release Candidate v0.1 The 4Securitas Team is proud to announce the first release candidate of ACSIA RC v0.1. What is ACSIA? ACSIA is an Automated Cyber Security Interactive Application which enables organizations to protect themselves against malicious attacks and unauthorized entities. A ‘SIEM Plus’, a real-time automated interactive cyber security monitoring and cyber defence …
The 4Securitas Team is proud to announce the first release candidate of ACSIA RC v0.1. Read More »
(A botnet is a number of Internet-connected devices, each of which is running one or more bots. Botnets can be used to perform distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack), steal data,send spam, and allow the attacker access to the device and its connection. The owner can control the botnet using command and control (C&C) software.) From …
We examine why companies are continuing to fall victim to cyber attacks despite increased awareness of such threats, and gives us some proactive steps companies can take to avoid such security breaches. Why informed companies continue to get hacked Recent UK Government statistics found that nearly half of all UK businesses suffered a cyber breach …
Cyber security: an important issue for small businesses Read More »
Recent UK Government statistics found that nearly half of all UK businesses suffered a cyber breach or attack in the past 12 months. Firms holding personal data and processing money are top targets. With an average cost to the business of £3,000 for medium business and £19,000 for larger ones, the most common attacks were …