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Businesses, critical systems, infrastructure, and even human life are more threatened than ever as attackers target the Internet-connected “things” that run the modern world.

Cryptocurrency exchanges and their supporting application systems are being attacked at an unprecedented level. As the value of cryptocurrency has climbed, so has the incentive to steal.

F5 Labs' Preston Hogue writes for SecurityWeek, discussing how attackers might be targeting your data with an eye on a larger prize.

F5 Labs' Ray Pompon writes for Help Net Security, discussing the dismayingly low number of firms whose CISO owns application security.

Seventeen years after the opportunity for abuse was made public, attackers are finding new ways to make use of this unpatched web crawler service.

F5 Labs' David Warburton writes for Global Banking & Finance Review, discussing the feasibility of attacks against blockchains.

F5 Labs' Ray Pompon writes for Help Net Security, describing the multifaceted dangers of false positives.

There are many good reasons for having a national ID system, but proper implementation is crucial to mitigate threats and maintain the balance of data privacy.

By targeting critical infrastructure, cyberwarfare attackers can plunge a nation into chaos without ever firing a single shot.

Evaluate your needs, prioritize apps, implement with users in mind, but most of all, stop waiting and just get started.

A simple search of public records confirms the astounding number of potentially vulnerable cellular gateways in use in many cities’ emergency services vehicles.

While DDoS attack rates hold, tensions rise for organizations trying to mitigate app-targeted attack that can be easily launched by script kiddies.

F5 Labs' David Warburton writes for Venafi, explaining why certificate revocation needs better management to help us detect bad certs.

Trickbot authors gain precious time to defraud unsuspecting victims by adding an encryption layer that slows down the malware investigation process.

Computers disconnected from the wire can still be compromised using advanced, off-the-shelf tools.

Attackers are exploiting new vulnerabilities almost as quickly as they're being discovered.

While app usage and breach costs differ by industry, most organizations, in the face of growing app dependence, still struggle with who owns responsibility for protecting them.

F5 Labs' Preston Hogue writes for SecurityWeek, discussing how cybersecurity can solve its talent shortage by recruiting people who understand the real world.

If you’re game to go beyond just delaying and diverting, try some of these creative deception techniques to successfully hack back at attackers.

Mike Convertino writes for Dark Reading, discussing how Russia has taken advantage of weak social media regulation to weaponize FUD.