Enslaved machines helplessly press Apache’s buttons Black Hat 2012 Security researchers have shown how hackers can use ad networks to create ephemeral, hard-to-trace botnets that can perform distributed-denial-of-service attacks at the click of a button.…
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Malicious JavaScript flips ad network into rentable botnet
Protection against DoS Time to get patching, sys admins: ISC (the Internet Systems Consortium) has issued a fix for a BIND 9 denial of service vulnerability.…
Stupid Redmond kicked over our honeypots, wail white hats Security researchers are complaining about collateral damage from the latest botnet take-down efforts by Microsoft and its partners.…
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Microsoft borks botnet takedown in Citadel snafu
Next: The hunt for evil botnet overlord ‘Aquabox’ The ZeuS-derived Citadel botnet, which rose to public prominence last year, is being progressively disabled by Microsoft and the FBI is on the hunt for its masters.…
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Microsoft and FBI storm ramparts of Citadel botnets
Virtual currency in real trouble Bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox has been attacked and its servers briefly taken offline.…
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DDOS strikes BitCoin exchange Mt.Gox
Bears bearing botnets? The soaring value of crypto-currency Bitcoin stuttered slightly last night – after a main exchange for the currency was flooded with network traffic and Bitcoin wallet site Instawallet was suspended.…
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Bitcoin exchange: Greedy traders to blame for DDoS attack
Crooks blasting public-safety phone lines with calls The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has cautioned public-safety call centers against the rise of so-called telephony denial of service (TDoS) attacks, which it says have the potential to cripple local telephone exchanges.…
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Call centers under attack in targeted cyber-blackmail scheme
Lawmen respond to Anonymous attack on right-wing moneymen A 37-year-old Wisconsin man has been charged over his alleged involvement in denial-of-service attacks against Koch Industries.…
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Wisconsin man cuffed over Koch-blocking DDoS attack
Bombardment without collateral damage – amazing Analysis The massive 300Gbit-a-second DDoS attack against anti-spam non-profit Spamhaus this week didn’t actually break the internet’s backbone, contrary to many early reports.…
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BIGGEST DDoS in history FAILS to slash interweb arteries
Plucky mail scrubbers battle internet carpet bombers Anti-spam organisation Spamhaus has recovered from possibly the largest ?DDoS? attack in history.…
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BIGGEST DDoS ATTACK IN HISTORY hammers Spamhaus