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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.