DDoS Protection , ISMG Security Report , Security Operations
When a DDoS Attack Isn't a DDoS Attack
Audio Report: ISMG Editors Analyze the Latest Developments
A lesson from down under: A report on unintentionally creating a distributed-denial-of-service attack aimed at oneself highlights the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report.
In this report, you'll hear:
- ISMG Security and Technology Editor Jeremy Kirk explain that how an attack - labeled as a DDoS incident by Australian government leaders - caused the government to shut down a census website because of a dramatic increase in traffic that some experts contend was self-induced;
- HealthcareInfoSecurity Executive Editor Marianne Kolbasuk McGee discuss why some healthcare providers implement more stringent requirements on patient records exchange than the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requires; and
- Why House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi warned her colleagues to be careful about letting family members read their text messages after her phone number was exposed by a hacker.
The ISMG Security Report appears on this and other ISMG websites on Tuesdays and Fridays. Be sure to check out our Aug. 9 and Aug. 12 reports, which respectively analyze the reopening of the encryption bypass debate and threats posed by Russian hackers. The next ISMG Security Report will be Friday, Aug. 19.
Theme music for the ISMG Security Report is by Ithaca Audio under the Creative Commons license.
