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• LMNTRIX bags Nick Race to lead NZ business, build channel

  ​Cyber security vendor LMNTRIX has tapped industry veteran Nick Race to lead its New Zealand business and build its local channel.

• ​Tim Murphy returns to take Arbor Networks A/NZ top role

  Security specialist tasked with building channel initiatives on both sides of the Tasman.

• SMB is the new sweet spot for DDoS attackers: Arbor Networks

  Small to medium businesses need to be wary of the increasing threat of direct denial of service attacks according to networking company, Arbor Networks.

• 2015 Reseller News ICT Industry Awards Finalists: Meet the vendors…

  With the inaugural 2015 Reseller News ICT Industry Awards just two weeks away, here’s a rundown of the finalists - introducing the vendors.

• New Gameover Zeus botnet keeps growing, especially in the US

  Cybercriminals are in the process of rebuilding the Gameover Zeus (GOZ) botnet, which law enforcement authorities took over in June, and recent research suggests that they've had some success, especially in the U.S.

• DDoS attacks hit big in 2014: Arbor

  Direct denial of service attacks have surged in the first half of 2014, according to security software vendor, Arbor Networks.

• BYOD challenge not new, but pervasive: Arbor

  Like many aspects of security, Arbor Networks has seen the issues surrounding BYOD evolve for many years.

• Hackers put security tool that finds payment card data into their arsenal

  Like a crowbar, security software tools can be used for good and evil.

• Unprecedented spike in DDoS attacks: Arbor Networks

  There has been an unprecedented spike in volumetric attacks driven by the proliferation of network time protocol (NTP) reflection and amplification attacks, according to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) data released by Arbor Networks.

• Tor-enabled malware stole credit card data from PoS systems at dozens of retailers

  Payment card data was stolen during the past three months from several dozen retailers that had their point-of-sale systems infected with a memory-scraping malware program called ChewBacca.

• Massive denial-of-service attacks pick up steam, new nefarious techniques

  Several online gaming sites were recently hit by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that used a new type of assault on the victims: a Network Time Protocol Amplification Attack.

• Arbor Networks appoints new president

  Arbor networks has named Matthew Moynahan as the new company president, replacing former chief Colin Doherty.

• Bitcoin market price app, 'Bitcoin Alarm,' is carefully cloaked malware

  If you get a spam message advertising an application called "Bitcoin Alarm," the name may tell you all you need to know.

• Point-of-sale malware infections on the rise, researchers warn

  New attack campaigns have infected point-of-sale (PoS) systems around the world with sophisticated malware designed to steal payment card and transaction data.

• Application-layer DDoS attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated

  The number of DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks that target weak spots in Web applications in addition to network services has risen during the past year and attackers are using increasingly sophisticated methods to bypass defenses, according to DDoS mitigation experts.