2012
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Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ Attacks Increasing In Number and Intensity
Businesses are seeing an increase of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in comparison to last year, with attacks becoming shorter but more robust, according to a quarterly…
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More Banks Come Under Denial-of-Service Attack
Capital One and SunTrust came under attack this week using denial-of-service techniques that are evading defenses meant to blunt such attacks. Capitol One and SunTrust Banks have become…
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U.S. banks warned of another Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attack
Just as one type of attack against U.S. banks has subsided, the banks are being warned to get ready for another, called “Project Blitzkrieg,” aimed at online theft.…
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Proxy service users download malware, unknowingly join botnet
In yet another example of if-it's-too-good-to-be-true-it-probably-isn't, hundreds of thousands of users signing up for a cheap and supposedly legitimate proxy service have ended up downloading malware…
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EU stages cyber-attack simulation
The European Union stages what it says is its biggest security exercise involving a DDoS attack on banks and other organisations.
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Microsoft settles Nitol botnet lawsuit
Less than a month since Microsoft's revelation that it had disrupted the functioning of the Nitol botnet by effecting a takedown of a domain (3322.org) which was also…
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Expert’s Warning: More Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attacks Coming At You
Brace yourself: more distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are coming at financial institutions, predicted Scott Hammack, CEO of Hollywood, Fla.-based Prolexic Technologies, a leader in helping big…
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Protection against DDoS and targeted attacks
Corero Network Security announced its First Line of Defense solution, which blocks L3-L7 DDoS and advanced targeted server attacks. Cyber criminals/terrorists have reached a level of complexity tha…
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Rise in DDoS Attacks, Video Streaming, Over-The-Top Conte
NTT America, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation(NTT Com) and a Tier-1 global IP network services provider, today issued its biannual state of the industry…