What’s that big spike on site performance graph? GitHub is under a distributed-denial-of-service attack being perpetrated by unknown actors.…
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GitHub wobbles under DDOS attack
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Polish plane IT attack? Apparently not, just a simple DDoS
Turns out, it wasn’t that big of a deal after all The Register has discovered that the unspecified IT attack which left 1,400 passengers of LOT Polish Airlines stranded in Warsaw was a simple DDoS issue, which had so impeded the airline’s connection that it could not produce its flight plans in time for take offs.…
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US the world’s botnet mothership says Level 3
Not the way you want to lead the world Level 3 Communications says America is home to more botnet command and control servers, edging out the Ukraine, with Russia only managing third place.…
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US the world’s botnet mothership says Level 3
Super Stuxnet’s SCADA slaves: security is atrocious
153 computers, six SCADA systems, most C&C points to Iran Botnet boffin Peter Kleissner says at least 153 computers are still slaves to Stuxnet.…
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Super Stuxnet’s SCADA slaves: security is atrocious
Unable to log on to online games? Blame cheap-rate DDoSers
Laying waste to human, elf, dwarf and orc alike, all for the love of gold Running botnets-for-hire to mount DDoS attacks has become cheaper and easier than ever, according to a new research.…
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Unable to log on to online games? Blame cheap-rate DDoSers
‘Millions’ of routers open to absurdly outdated NetUSB hijack
Vulnerability may allow ne’er-do-wells to access the 1990s SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Stefan Viehbock says potentially millions of routers and internet of things devices using KCodes NetUSB could be exposed to remote hijacking or denial of service attacks.…
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‘Millions’ of routers open to absurdly outdated NetUSB hijack
Chinese cyber-spies hid botnet controls in MS TechNet comments
Online spooks hide ‘numbers station’ control node in plain sight Cyber-spies are increasingly attempting to hide their command and control operations in plain sight by burying their command infrastructure in the forums of internet heavyweights, including Microsoft.…
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Chinese cyber-spies hid botnet controls in MS TechNet comments
Time to patch your Cisco TelePresence systems
Because you can’t be telepresent when the bad guys are DOSing you Cisco TelePresence kit and software need patching after the company turned up vulnerabilities that open them up to remote command injection and denial of service attacks.…
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High volume DDoS attacks still persistent
Arbor Networks released global DDoS attack data that shows a continuation of extremely high volume attacks. In Q1 2015, there were 25 attacks larger than 100Gbps globally. In the past year, Arbor h…
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High volume DDoS attacks still persistent
DDoSsers use reflection amplification to crank up the volume to 100Gbps+
Ne’er-do-wells: ‘Hey.’ Dumb servers: ‘WHAT?’ Targets: ‘AAARGH’ DDoS attacks have grown in volume yet again with 25 attacks larger than 100Gbps globally in Q1 2015, according to the latest stats from DDoS mitigation firm Arbor Networks.…
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DDoSsers use reflection amplification to crank up the volume to 100Gbps+