2012
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How cybercriminals and hacktivists use DDoS tools to attack
Network professionals know that distributed denial-of-service attacks are an ever-growing danger. The recent assault on Twitter is just the latest evidence. Using a mushrooming array of advanced tools,…
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Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attack stymies vote in Miss Hong Kong beauty contest
Residents of the island, a Special Administrative Region of China, are up in arms after plans for a popular vote in the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant were…
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Keep Your Content Online in Case of a Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attack
San Francisco, CA – infoZine – Denial of service attacks – flooding websites with traffic in order to make them unavailable to the public – have become an…
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DDoS attacks protection advice from the EFF
Denial of service (DoS) and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are increasingly common phenomena, used by a variety of actors—from activists to governments—to temporarily or indefinitely pre…
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Anonymous Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ Attacks Take Down 3 UK Sites
The hacktivist group Anonymous staged a number of DDoS attacks on UK government websites yesterday in an apparent show of support for the controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange,…
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India hit with Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attack from Anonymous
Earlier this year, India had an encounter with “Anonymous”, a diffuse alliance of what are commonly (and incorrectly) called hackers. In its much-publicized “Operation India”, Anonymous blocked public…
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Russia Today hit by Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attack as anti-Wikileaks group claims responsibility
The website of the Kremlin-funded news network Russia Today has been hit with a denial-of-service attack that some have linked with the station’s support for Wikileaks founder Julian…
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WikiLeaks Back In Business After Being Hit By A Week Of Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attack
The WikiLeaks website came back online last Tuesday after being down for almost a week due to Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDoS). The secret-leaking organization says it…
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Bambuser Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attack may be connected with Assange embassy stream
Bambuser came under a distributed denial-of-service attack on Thursday morning, possibly in connection with a user’s coverage of the Ecuadorian embassy where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is holed…