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Flashback botmasters earned less than $15K

Enurrendy — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:04:46 +0000

It has already been established that the criminals behind the Flashback botnet were after money, but according to Symantec researchers, their plan was foiled by the attention that the first massive Ma…

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Flashback botmasters earned less than $15K

Anti-Anonymous hacker takes credit for The Pirate Bay DDoS

Enurrendy — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:43:33 +0000

After 72 hours of being hit with an extensive DDoS attack and having been intermittently inaccessible to its visitors, The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks are back online. It was initially thought that An…

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Three-Quarters of IT Professionals Fear Negative Brand Impact or Customer Experience as a Result of DDoS Attacks

Enurrendy — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:20:36 +0000

New Data from Neustar Finds DDoS Attacks Can Cost Retailers More Than $100,000 Per Hour May 15, 2012, 9:30 a.m. EDT STERLING, Va., May 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Neustar, Inc., a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information and analysis to the Internet, telecommunications, entertainment and marketing industries, today released the results of a survey asking 1,000 IT professionals across North America about the business impact associated with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Among the findings, three-quarters of those surveyed cited impact on customer experience and brand as their greatest fears about the possible implications of DDoS attacks. By unleashing extremely high volumes of malicious Internet traffic or surgically targeting Web applications, hackers seek to shut down a company’s Web resources — typically websites, but also email servers. When hackers unleash a DDoS attack, it carries the potential to exert lasting damage to customer service, online revenue streams and brand reputation. Neustar Survey Results: Executed in Q1 2012, the survey garners responses of IT professionals in more than 25 industries such as finance and banking, retail, telecommunications, travel and IT. Notable findings include: – More than 300 respondents reported they had been attacked – The top concern was the impact attacks have on customer service — with 51 percent listing it as their greatest concern associated with the attacks – 35 percent of those attacked said the attacks lasted more than 24 hours — with 11 percent of attacks lasting more than a week – Specific to retailers, 67 percent who had experienced a DDoS attack pegged the costs of website outages at more $100,000 per hour — equating to loses of $2 million a day “The potential negative implications of DDoS attacks can be devastating for both marketers and IT professionals,” said Alex Berry, senior vice president, Enterprise Services, Neustar. “Many companies have been hit hard – with consequences lasting far longer than the attacks themselves. It’s important that companies are proactive about protecting their online presence, as well as their customers, to ensure the constant delivery of online services and necessary brand vigilance.” Overall, the survey shows that a significant number of companies face the risks of DDoS attacks, yet few have solutions designed specifically to combat attacks, with many relying solely on firewalls and intrusion detection systems. Less than 5 percent of respondents have a purpose-built DDoS mitigation solution, for example, an on-premise DDoS mitigation appliance. This explains why so many attacks last days — in fact, 35 percent respondents experienced attacks that lasted more than 24 hours. Without adequate protection, companies are unable to prevent losses from adding up. While many respondents are aware of the risks to their customer experience and public trust, they haven’t taken the next step to safeguard their reputation. Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/three-quarters-of-it-professionals-fear-negative-brand-impact-or-customer-experience-as-a-result-of-ddos-attacks-2012-05-15

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Apple ships Flashback removal tool for OS X 10.5 Leopard

Enurrendy — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:14:58 +0000

Following the discovery of a 600K strong Flashback botnet, Apple has been trying to undo the damage to its reputation and has worked on issuing tools, patches and updates aimed at cleaning up the infe…

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Two Norwegians arrested over DDoS attacks

Enurrendy — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:56:27 +0000

Two Norwegian teenagers believed to have led DDoS attacks on a number of Norwegian and international websites have been arrested last Friday and Monday. The rather short notification by the Norwegi…

Virgin Media suffers hack attack

Enurrendy — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:47:38 +0000

Virgin Media takes its website offline after a DDoS attack by hacktivists angered by The Pirate Bay access ban.

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Week in review: Sizing up botnets, Conficker still alive and kicking, and a new exploit kit spotted in the wild

Enurrendy — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:02:22 +0000

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts and articles: What’s in your daily slice of spam? Bitdefender decided to look at just what spam – the e-mail version – c…

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Week in review: Sizing up botnets, Conficker still alive and kicking, and a new exploit kit spotted in the wild

The difficulties in sizing up botnets

Enurrendy — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:51:53 +0000

The main metric with which security researchers identify how effective and disruptive specific botnets are is the number of computers they consists of. Estimating their size allows them to asses…

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Botnet army flicks ‘off’ switch at UK crime agency website

Enurrendy — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:26:11 +0000

Suspiciously close to Soca’s shutdown of stolen-data shops The UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency’s website has been taken offline following a DDoS attack that started last night and is still going on.…

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Botnet army flicks ‘off’ switch at UK crime agency website

Flashback botnet is a cash cow

Enurrendy — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:07:47 +0000

We have all heard about the Flashback malware targeting machines running OS X and enslaving them into a botnet, but not a lot of attention has been given to the ultimate goal of the criminals behind i…

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