2013
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Real-time data analysis increases DDoS defenses
Real-time analytics are a powerful tool for identifying denial of service attacks and other cyber threats, risks and events. Prolexic recommends that the information gleaned from real-time data…
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Malicious JavaScript flips ad network into rentable botnet
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…
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DDoS attacks getting bigger but shorter in duration
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are getting bigger, but their duration are getting shorter, according to an analysis released this week by Arbor Networks. During the first…
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DDoS is Back; 3 Banks Attacked
A week after the self-proclaimed hacktivist group Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters announced plans to launch a fourth phase of attacks against U.S. banks it’s still not clear…
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DDoS attack size growing dramatically
Arbor Networks released data on DDoS attack trends for the first half of 2013. The data shows that DDoS continues to be a global threat, with a clear…
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Security complexity and internal breaches are key concerns
Growth in external hacking attempts, DDoS and malware attacks, and internal threats to data are the key security concerns for UK businesses. 64% of respondents to a Check…
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Regions Bank Hit with New DDoS Attack
Regions Bank was the victim of cyber attackers that shuttered the bank’s website and interrupted its customers’ debit cards, reported AL.com. The bank’s website was hit Friday with…
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DDoS: Lessons From U.K. Attacks
While U.S. banking institutions brace for the next wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks by Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, new cyberthreat research reminds us that no industry or global market is…
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TOR-based botnets on the rise
Keeping their botnet's C&C centers online is crucial for bot herders, so that they can keep taking advantage of the computers they zombified. But given that cyber security…
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Increase in malicious DNS request traffic
With regard to the OpUSA hacktivist campaign, Solutionary discovered that attackers responsible for previous DDoS attacks on the financial sector leveraged a variety of techniques to execute the…