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The 10 Biggest Cyberattacks of 2016 [Infographic]

2016 was a doozy. As many security experts predicted, we’ve seen cyberattacks happening at greater frequency and greater size. From customer information exfiltration to...

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Holiday Phishing Scams

With the holidays right around the corner, the conditions for phishing couldn’t be better. Order verification, delivery confirmation, emails that look and feel important...

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Connected Christmas Toys and Your Children’s Data Privacy

It has been a few months since we posted our white paper titled, “How Companies You Trust Are Stealing From You.” Since then, we decided...

Big Switch NetFlow Support

Coming across a new vendor that is exporting NetFlow or IPFIX is always exciting. This time it’s my turn. The vendor is Big Switch...

Cisco Nexus 7000 NetFlow Sampling

With most devices that sample NetFlow, there is an export of the sample rate in the flow record or an option template. The collector...

Bolstering Bank Security

Back in April of this year, the Swift international money transfer network which connects 11,000 global banks in over 200 countries was used to...

Juniper MX IPFIX Reporting

We recently had the opportunity to work with an exciting Juniper IPFIX MX Series export.  It provides traffic details that we haven’t seen before...

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DDoS Attacks on Financial Institutions

Being hit with a DDoS attack is one of the top Internet fears facing many financial institutions. It’s a form of cyber bullying that...

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Information Security and Educational Institutions

The Plixer team recently had the opportunity to attend the 2016 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. Over the course of the show we...