Intelligent CISO Issue 19 | Page 24

threat updates GLOBAL Link11 has published its DDoS report for the first half of 2019, highlighting how attackers are increasingly using public cloud services to launch attacks. It also shows significant growth in average DDoS attack volumes. In H1 2019 the Link11 Security Operation Center (LSOC) registered 18,375 attacks in its global network. A total of 37 attacks reached bandwidth peaks of over 100 Gbps and the highest peak bandwidth seen was 224 Gbps. More information is available in the full Link11 DDoS report for H1 2019 at link11.com/en/downloads/ddos-report- 1st-half-year-2019/ GLOBAL Lookout Phishing AI has detailed in a research blog how it has detected a mobile-aware phishing campaign targeting non- governmental organisations around the world, including a variety of United Nations humanitarian organisations. The infrastructure connected to this attack has been live since March 2019, with two domains having been identified as hosting the phishing content. Lookout has contacted law enforcement and the targeted organisations, but said as of the publication of its blog the attack was still ongoing. 24 Issue 19 | www.intelligentciso.com