2013
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Anti-spam Spamhaus up again after 75Gbps Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks
The website of non-profit spam fighter Spamhaus is online again after a huge DDoS attack knocked it offline on Sunday, but attackers are continue to target another anti-spam…
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Researcher ropes poorly protected devices into botnet to map the Internet
A fascinating but technically illegal experiment conducted by an anonymous researcher has witnessed over 420,000 Internet-connected devices being roped into a botnet that functioned as a distributed p…
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Fake ad botnet ‘stealing millions’
A web firm finds a network of computers stealing millions of dollars from advertisers by generating fake ad viewings.
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Researcher sets up illegal 420,000 node botnet for IPv4 internet map
Potentially risks thousands of years in jail An anonymous researcher has taken an unorthodox approach to achieve the dream of mapping out the entire remaining IPv4 internet -…
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Massive Chameleon botnet steals $6M per month from advertisers
Web traffic analytics firm spider.io has discovered a massive botnet that emulates human visitors in order to earn its master(s) over $6 million per month from online advertisers.…
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Distributed Denial of Service-DDoS: 6 Banks Hit on Same Day
Six leading U.S. banking institutions were hit by distributed-denial-of-service attacks on March 12, the largest number of institutions to be targeted in a single day, says security expert…
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Amid banking DDoS attacks, Obama convenes cybersecurity meeting with CEOs
President Barack Obama is shining yet another light on the rising cybersecurity threat in the US, sitting down with more than a dozen CEOs inside the White House…
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Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks recovery costs an average of $3,000 per day for businesses
Organizations citing cybersecurity costs as an impediment to implementing a layered defense should rethink their priorities: Denial of service (DDoS) and malware infection recovery costs range into the…
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J.P. Morgan Confirms Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks on Chase.com
The retail banking website of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) on Tuesday has come under a so-called “denial of service” attack, rendering it unusable for customers, a…