Wisr stories
Wisr appoints Sam Harding as Chief Operating Officer to drive growth
Tue, 5th Aug 2025
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Wisr has named Sam Harding as COO, leveraging his 20 years’ banking experience to enhance operations and drive growth in personal and vehicle loans.
Wisr appoints first Chief Innovation Officer Álvaro Carpio
Thu, 13th Mar 2025
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Wisr has appointed Álvaro Carpio Colón as its first Chief Innovation Officer, aiming to enhance technology-led financial solutions for Australians.
Why encryption causes DDoS defence headaches
Tue, 4th Dec 2018
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TLS 1.3 encryption enhances security but complicates DDoS defence, as seen in rising attacks on encrypted web services that challenge traditional methods.
It’s an active buyer’s market for DDoS-as-a-Service - NETSCOUT
Mon, 24th Sep 2018
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DDoS attacks are cheaper than ever for attackers, lucrative for the attack service provider and financially and operationally crippling for the victim.
The war on infrastructure: DDoS is designed to disrupt
Mon, 11th Jun 2018
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The reality is that many of the DDoS attacks happening today are designed to disrupt - not to steal something.
PlexNet teams with NETSCOUT to sell DDoS mitigation to Australian market
Thu, 8th Mar 2018
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NETSCOUT has made headway into the Australian DDoS security market after scoring a reseller agreement with local partner PlexNet.
Millions of DDoS attacks hit Asia Pacific in 2017
Thu, 25th Jan 2018
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Automation and managed services may be the key mechanisms for fighting distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
Global concern over distributed denial-of-service attacks
Wed, 25th Jan 2017
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DDoS threat escalates as Arbor reveals a record 800 Gbps attack, raising global alarm on internet security and IoT vulnerabilities.
Will consumers get caught in the crossfire of a DDoS attack?
Tue, 8th Nov 2016
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Here’s the lesson for everyone: pay attention to what’s happening in the real world. Keep an eye on the news for geopolitical events.