2012
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Life cycle and detection of an exploit kit
As the process of owning systems and dragging them into botnets becomes ever more commercialized, exploit kits have emerged as a favorite of attackers. Their point-click-own nature means…
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Defending Against The Next Generation Distributed Denial of Service DDoS Attacks
Here is a great post from Joey Muniz at www.thesecurityblogger.com Press around the DDoS attack Operation Ababil has caught the attention of many of our customers. This sophisticated cyber…
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Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attack and SQL injection are the most popular attack subjects
An analysis of conversations in one of the largest known hacker forums – with around 250,000 members – has revealed that SQL-injection and DDoS are the subjects of…
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Cyber attacks on of which is Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attack on Japanese sites
Tensions between Japan and China are mounting following the Noda government’s decision to buy and nationalize the Senkaku Islands, and the repercussions have spilled over into cyberspace. Japan…
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Anonymous hacks police forum, sends emails to police officers
Anonymous is mostly known for their real-life and online protests, DDoS attacks, and shaming of businesses and government organizations by publicly releasing confidential data stolen from their server…
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Could Cyber Attacks (Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attack) Ruin Christmas for Retailers?
A string of cyber attacks on U.S. financial institutions has created headaches this fall by slowing down or preventing online banking access for millions of Americans. But imagine…
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Use Cloud to Repel Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attack
Employing cloud computing services could help organizations defend against the type of distributed denial of service attacks that have temporarily crippled the online service of major American banks,…
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Online DDoS downtime calculator
Prolexic has released a DDoS downtime cost calculator (registration required) which takes into consideration the many DDoS attack variables that can affect revenue. Using this calculator, businesse…
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HSBC Falls in Latest Bank DDoS Attacks, What’s Next?
Capital One, HSBC, Bank of America, Wells Fargo are among the near-dozen financial Websites hit by distributed denial-of-service attacks over the past few weeks. These attacks have disrupted…
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Microsoft concludes Russian programmer didn't operate Kelihos botnet
Following the settling of the Nitol botnet lawsuit earlier this month, Microsoft has announced on Friday that it has reached a settlement with Russian software programmer Andrey N.…