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Technology & National Security Reflection Series Paper 10: International Responsibility for Hacker-for-Hire Operations: The BellTrox Problem
Anmol Dhawan* About the Author: The author is a 2021 graduate of National Law University, Delhi. Editor’s Note: This post is part of the Reflection Series showcasing exceptional student essays from CCG-NLUD’s Seminar Course on Technology & National Security Law. In the present essay, the author’s contribution serves as an adapted reflection to the following…
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Technology and National Security Law Reflection Series Paper 5: Legality of Cyber Weapons Under International Law
Siddharth Gautam* About the Author: The author is a 2020 graduate of National Law University, Delhi. Editor’s note: This post is part of the Reflection Series showcasing exceptional student essays from CCG-NLUD’s Seminar Course on Technology & National Security Law. In the present essay, the author reflects upon the following question: What are cyber weapons?…
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What is a cyberattack?
What is a cyberattack? Cyberattacks aim to damage or gain control or access to important documents and systems within a business or personal computer network. Cyberattacks are distributed by individuals or organizations for political, criminal, or personal intentions to destroy or gain access to classified information. Here are some examples of cyberattacks: Malware Distributed Denial-of-Service…
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Cyber Security Operation Center Guidelines for best practices SOC Design
Cyber Security is become most needed services for all business and industries in 2024. Every business is concerned about Cyber Security. Security operations (SecOps) leaders face a multifaceted challenge: detecting elusive and novel threats using outdated tools, mitigating the risks posed by unexplored dark data, and managing the resource-intensive nature of staying ahead of evolving…
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YouTube disrupted in Pakistan as former PM Imran Khan streams speech
NetBlocks metrics confirm the disruption of YouTube on multiple internet providers in Pakistan on Sunday 21 August 2022. The disruption comes as former Prime Minister Imran Khan makes a live broadcast to the public, despite a ban issued by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA). Real-time network data show the disruption in effect on…
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WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram server down in Pakistan?
Facebook-owned social media platforms, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram are facing a worldwide outage, according to Downdetector, which offers real-time status and outage information for all kinds of services. .https://d-31038805491725975734.ampproject.net/2109102127000/frame.html Downdetector showed that WhatsApp outage was reported at 8:23 pm (Pakistan Standard Time) and it shot up to 1,082 complaints by 8:38 pm. The website mentioned that…
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Cloudflare reports record-breaking HTTP-request DDoS attack
Cloudflare reports thwarting the largest known HTTP-request distributed denial of service attack in history, approximately three times larger than any other previously reported. The attack in July reached 17.2 million requests per second, the company wrote in a blog post. For scale, the entirety of the Cloudflare network typically sees around 25 million requests per second…
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Microsoft announces recipients of academic grants for AI research on combating phishing
Every day in the ever-changing technology landscape, we see boundaries shift as new ideas challenge the old status quo. This constant shift is observed in the increasingly sophisticated and connected tools, products, and services people and organizations use on a daily basis, but also in the security that needs to be built into these technologies…
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SOC as a Service Market by Component, Service Type (Prevention, Detection, & Incident Response),
The SOC as a Service market place is actually projected to grow from USD 471 million in 2020 to USD 1,656 million by 2025, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 28.6 % throughout the forecast period. The escalating venture capital funding and increasing investments in SOC as a Service know-how to operate the…