2013
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DDoS attack sizes plateau, complex multi-vector attacks on the rise
Arbor Networks released its 8th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR) offering a rare view into the most critical security challenges facing today’s network operators. Based on su…
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9 steps that help defend against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks
Most experts agree that agencies can’t defend against and mitigate the impact of denial of service attacks all by themselves, but there are step they can take to…
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Cutwail botnet on spam rampage, delivers Cridex worm
Since its inception some six years ago, the Cutwail / Pandex botnet experienced its fair share of setbacks, but it's still going strong. The main reason for its…
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DNS attacks increase by 170%
Radware identified a number of new attack methods representative of today’s increasingly sophisticated and severe DDoS threat. Their latest report highlights server-based botnets and encrypted layer a…
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DOSarrest Rolls Out New Website Monitoring Service
VANCOUVER, Jan. 22, 2013 /CNW/ – DOSarrest Internet Security announced a new website monitoring service today called the “ DOSarrest External Monitoring Service ” or “ DEMS ”.…
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Polish CERT hits Virut botnet
The Polish Research and Academic Computer Network (NASK), the national registry of the .pl domain and founder of CERT Polska, has announced on Friday that they took over…
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Week in review: Remote Linksys 0-day root exploit discovered, the Pobelka botnet, and a year of Microsoft patches
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, videos, reviews and articles: Looking back at a year of Microsoft patches Last year Microsoft's Patch Tuesdays…
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Fox-IT analysts demystify the Pobelka botnet
Analysts from Dutch-based security audit firm Fox-IT have recently released examined in great detail a botnet that has been around for quite some time, and is still functioning…