Fed bust of massive attack network caused traffic loads to plummet in Q4 The FBI’s takedown of a group of prolific DDoS-for-hire websites has single-handedly helped to drop attack levels globally.…
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Silence of the WANs: FBI DDoS-for-hire greaseball takedowns slash web flood attacks ‘by 11%’
Feds, Google, security orgs dismantle fraud botnet, eight people charged A collection of cybersecurity companies, Google, and the Feds are sharing details on how they uncovered and dismantled a massive ad-fraud operation known as “3ve” (pronounced “Eve”.)…
Fantasy sports outfit looks to hunt down group that bombarded its site A US sports gaming company is asking permission to unmask 10 people it believes were behind a massive DDoS attack on its website earlier this month.…
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DraftKings rides to court, asks to unmask 10 DDoS suspects
Necurs botnet spreads ransomware carried in Office documents The ever-vigilant folk at the Internet Storm Centre (SANS) have spotted yet another campaign trying to drop the Locky ransomware using compromised Word files.…
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New phishing campaign uses 20-year-old Microsoft mess as bait
Necurs botnet spreads ransomware carried in Office documents The ever-vigilant folk at the Internet Storm Centre (SANS) have spotted yet another campaign trying to drop the Locky ransomware using compromised Word files.…
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New phishing campaign uses 30-year-old Microsoft mess as bait
The Play Store is looking buggier than ever A coalition of tech firms has taken down the WireX botnet, a malware network run predominantly off Android phones running subverted apps.…
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Tech firms take down WireX Android botnet
Obad boy enlists an ally for Google spam splurge Kaspersky Lab has reported the first sighting of mobile malware (Android, of course) that piggybacks on the back of a separate mobile botnet and uses the resources of other malware once it’s installed.…
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Android malware spotting hitching a ride on mobile botnet
Obad boy enlists an ally for Google spam splurge Kaspersky Lab has reported the first sighting of mobile malware (Android, of course) that piggybacks on the back of a separate mobile botnet and uses the resources of other malware once it’s installed.…
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Android malware spotted hitching a ride on mobile botnet