2013
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Akamai to acquire Prolexic
Akamai and Prolexic have signed a definitive agreement for Akamai to acquire Prolexic, a provider of cloud-based security solutions for protecting data centers and enterprise IP applications from…
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Ukrainian Interior Ministry Website Reportedly Hit By DDoS Attack
The website Ukraine’s Interior Ministry is currently inaccessible, having apparently fallen foul of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by hackers, local media said Sunday. Ukraine’s IT specialists claimed…
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Google Nexus 5 vulnerable to DDoS attack
Google Nexus smartphones including the latest Google Nexus 5 running Android 4.4 KitKat are vulnerable to denial-of-service attack via Flash SMS messages; it has been revealed on Friday…
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Anonymous DDoS attack snowballs, affects several Microsoft services
Hacktivist collective Anonymous has taken credit for an attack that unintentionally affected a number of Microsoft services last week. On Monday, members of the loose-knit hacker group posted…
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DDos Is Hot, Planning Is Not
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks continue to plague major corporations today, but half of organizations don’t have a plan or defense against DDoS attacks, a new survey found. Nearly…
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Want Cheaper Bitcoins? Hit Someone With a DDoS Attack
Two months ago, BTC-China was growing fast. It was on a blazing trajectory that would soon see it become the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange. With Bitcoin, the world’s…
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$1M lost in attack against Bitcoin Internet Payment Services
Copenhagen-based Bitcoin Internet Payment Services (BIPS) has been hit with a DDoS attack and has had 1,295 BTC stolen (a little over $1M) mostly from the company’s own…
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Bitcoin Payment Processor BIPS under DDoS Attack, Over $1m Stolen
Europe’s primary bitcoin payment processor for merchants and free online wallet service, BIPS, was the target of a major DDoS attack and subsequent theft in the past few…
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Just ONE NSA operation press-ganged a 50,000-strong botnet last year
Government tools penetrated many a Brazilian, apparently America’s NSA had established 50,000-strong botnet by the middle of 2012 using malware infections, according to the latest Edward Snowden leaks.…
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Just one NSA operation created a 50,000-strong botnet last year
Government tools penetrated many a Brazilian, apparently The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) had established 50,000-drone botnet by the middle of 2012, according to the latest Snowden leaks.…