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GUEST OPINION:  Internet service providers (ISPs) continue to be a top target for hacktivists globally. Free, a major internet service provider in France, is one of the latest victims. According to recent reports, Free’s systems were breached and customer information, impacting possibly 19 million users, was stolen.

GUEST OPINION: The cyber security world is in turmoil. A new generation of aggressive, layer 7 (L7), HTTPS Flood attacks, also known as Web DDoS Tsunami attacks, is disrupting the market by bypassing organisations’ traditional DDoS protection and web application firewall (WAF) solutions.

GUEST OPINION: Malware perils lurk in all directions with DDoS attacks high on the danger list. According to a recent company report, the number of DDoS attacks increased by 37% while DDoS attack volumes increased 26% between 2020 and 2021. In fact, early this year, Microsoft disclosed the largest DDoS attack ever recorded at 3.47Tbps.