BigDataFr recommends: Is Blockchain the ultimate weapon against cybercrime?

[…]Blockchain’s reach has gone past FinTech and is now finding more applications in cybersecurity. Threats have become more rampant and complex. As such, cybersecurity firms are now looking to leverage these emerging technologies to provide improved solutions to these threats.

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks remain to be among the top concerns for many businesses. Such attacks disrupt services by overwhelming a target network and render it inaccessible to users. An Accenture report on cybersecurity threats for the first half of 2017 reveals that the DDoS-for-hire ecosystem is thriving. Attackers can easily rent botnets giving attackers easier access to tools and resources to disrupt their victim’s operations.[…]

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By Ralph Tkatchuk
Source: dataconomy.com