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The Russian threat landscape is unique from other regions of the world in that it had the most unique attacking IP addresses.

European systems saw large volumes of attack traffic coming from in-region IP addresses attempting to conduct abusive port scanning.

Attackers used two top ASNs to broadly distribute IP addresses in an attempt to camouflage attack traffic targeting Middle Eastern systems.

Asian systems saw a large amount of SMB attack traffic during this time period, mainly driven from in-region IP addresses.

Tuyul bot targets vulnerable PHPUnit systems to install an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) bot.

Expect COVID-19 (Coronavirus) to touch your organization soon, if it hasn’t already. You need to be ready for shortages, slowdowns, absent personnel, and a high percentage of concurrent remote access workers.

The Summary of the 2019 F5 Labs TLS Telemetry Report expands the scope of our research to bring deeper insights into encryption on the web, including ciphers, SSL/TLS versions, and digital certificates.

We're all familiar with the problem of talent scarcity in cybersecurity. Shape Security's Jared Baker writes for Human Resources Director, discussing how veterans are often a perfect fit - if you seek them out.

How the world responds to Coronavirus can teach cyber-defenders a lot about risk communication, incident response, and how controls work… or don’t.

Financial services are a well-known target of attack, based on a range of motivations. F5 Labs' Preston Hogue writes for SecurityWeek, discussing financial institutions' unique security environment , and how the need to understand the entire organism is critical.

Using a few free web sources and a spreadsheet, security teams can use machine learning to quickly predict which critical vulnerabilities will be exploited.

An F5 Labs survey of Gen Z-ers revealed they are not much more security savvy online than Millennials.

We all know we need to use security controls to protect our networks, but that's easier said than done. F5 Labs' Ray Pompon writes for ISBuzz News, discussing how to prioritize your security control options and how to actually get some of them done.

Three years of data shows DDoS attacks against service providers are growing while brute force and other authentication attacks are slowly waning.

Threat campaign activity in December 2019 doubled from the previous month.

Online retail apps are a perfect storm of interconnecting infrastructure and insertion points. F5 Labs' Preston Hogue writes for SecurityWeek, discussing the wide range of risks that can threaten your apps, and how the need to understand the entire organism is critical.

Knowing the trends in cyber security is key to protecting yourself. F5 Labs' Raymond Pompon writes for Teiss, discussing the three trends that will drive challenges and opportunities in 2020.

Although ransomware has declined in media coverage, it appears to be gaining in strategic precision. F5 Labs' David Warburton writes for IDG Connect, discussing concrete steps for public sector organizations to defend themselves effectively.

F5 Labs recommends security controls based on the top 2019 cyber threats. Learn how these recommendations tie into the best practices to prevent data breaches.

The holiday shopping season is a bonanza for both shoppers and attackers. F5 Labs' David Warburton writes for ITProPortal, discussing the most commonly seen seasonal threats and how annual trends are shifting.