2013
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PayPal 14 plea deal a win for DDoS as civil disobedience
Eleven of the fourteen defendants in the PayPal 14 case have reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors. Under the agreement, the defendants will plead guilty to felonies…
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Web fraud botnet ZeroAccess disrupted
ZeroAccess, one of the world’s largest botnets – a network of computers infected with malware, is disrupted by Microsoft and law enforcement agencies.
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Researchers uncover Point-of-Sale botnet
Researchers from Arbor Networks have spotted an active Point of Sale (PoS) compromise campaign using the Dexter malware or variants of it, aimed at stealing credit and debit…
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Bitcoin Password Grab Disguised As DDoS Attack
Attacks against bitcoin users continue, as online forum Bitcointalk.org warns users their passwords might have been stolen in distributed denial of service hack. Aficionados of the cryptographic currency…
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One-minute Koch-blocking earns attacker two years, massive fine
Low Orbit Ion Cannon claims another victim A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to two years of probation and a fine of $183,000 after pleading guilty to taking…
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One-minute Koch-blocking attack earns attacker two years, massive fine
Low Orbit Ion Cannon claims another victim A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to two years of probation and a fine of $183,000 after pleading guilty to taking…
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Must try HARDER, infosec lads: We’re RUBBISH at killing ZOMBIES
Botnet decap should be a team effort – ex-detective infosec bod Botnet takedowns need to be improved if the industry is to avoid the risk of creating more…
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5 DDoS defence strategies every company should know
If there is any one fact that remains consistent when it comes to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, it is this: whatever mitigation solution your security engineers…
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Wisconsin man sentenced for DDoS attack against Koch Industries
A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to two years federal probation and ordered to pay restitution for taking part in a 2011 DDoS attack mounted against the official…
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Popular Bitcoin forum targeted in DNS and DDoS attack
Roughly 175,000 members registered on bitcointalk.org are being discouraged from logging into their accounts following attacks against the popular Bitcoin forum, according to an advisory on the top…