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Attivo Networks awarded US government defence contracts for cybersecurity
ttivo Networks , industry experts in preventing identity
A privilege escalation and detecting lateral movement attacks , has announced it is working to provide the US Department of Defence ( DoD ) with a new generation of sophisticated , active defence technologies .
The Attivo ThreatDefend platform uses advanced deception and Machine Learning techniques to detect , degrade , disinform and divert adversaries . Threats are contained and valuable forensics gathered , providing real attack intelligence to the Common Operating Picture .
“ Active Directory plays a critical role in basic network operations . However , it also helps adversaries determine which personas and high-value assets to attack ,” said Todd Helfrich , VP of Federal , Attivo Networks . “ Through adversary management , DOD customers can better defend their networks . We are proud to work with the DoDIN Approved Products Team , DIU and AFWERX / AFVentures to strengthen our nation ’ s cyberdefences .”
Attivo was awarded an Other Transaction Prototype Agreement for active cyberdefence with the Defence
Innovation Unit in 2019 , supporting DoD requirements for active cyberdefence that uses state-of-the-art deception techniques to detect lateral movement .
The Attivo Networks ThreatDefend Platform provides the DoD and the broader US Federal Government with comprehensive risk reduction , attack prevention , detection and intelligence collection in support of defending forward operations outlined within the Cyberspace Solarium Commission report .
Kaspersky reveals decrease in DDoS attacks aspersky has revealed a
K decrease in the number of
DDoS attacks . In the second quarter of 2021 , the total number of DDoS attacks decreased by 38.8 % compared to Q2 2020 and by 6.5 % in comparison to the previous quarter in 2021 .
China became the leader in the number of devices from which SSH attacks were carried out . the previous quarter , which is typical for this period and is observed annually .
“ We traditionally associate these numbers with the beginning of holidays and vacations . In the third quarter of 2021 , we also do not see any
prerequisites for a sharp rise or fall in the DDoS attack market .”
“ The market will also continue to be highly dependent on the rate of cryptocurrencies , which has remained consistently high for a long time .”
At the same time , China continued to lose ground in terms of the total number of DDoS attacks ( 10.2 %). The US remains the leader ( 36 %) in this category for the second quarter in a row , while Poland and Brazil are new entries in the top five .
Alexey Kiselev , Business Development Manager on the Kaspersky DDoS Protection team , said : “ The second quarter of 2021 was calm , as we expected . There was a slight decrease in the total number of attacks compared to
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