2014
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Attackers Compromise Vulnerable Web Servers to Power DDoS Assaults
Attackers are exploiting flaws in Linux and Windows software to turn poorly-maintained Web servers into denial-of-service engines. Web servers based on both Linux and Windows are rapidly being…
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Webmin hole allows attackers to wipe servers clean
No RCE, but lots of Unix DDoS fun Holes in the Webmin Unix management tool – thankfully since patched – could allow attackers to delete data on servers,…
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How a large ISP fights DDoS attacks with a custom solution
DDoS attacks are a growing problem. In July, Arbor Networks released global DDoS attack data derived from its ATLAS threat monitoring infrastructure that shows a surge in volumetric…
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Use home networking kit? DDoS bot is BACK… and it has EVOLVED
OMG, it reconfigures your firewall… SAVE yourselves, Linux lords A router-to-router bot first detected two years ago has evolved – and now has the capability to reconfigure the…
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WEBINAR – The Ultimate DDoS Info Session
DOSarrest and HOSTING partner together to help you understand the details of DDoS attacks – how they are executed, what they typically targets and how to quickly and…
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DDoS reflection/amplification attacks disrupting ISP networks
Attacks being used by gamers to settle disputes and by people with rudimentary hacking skills to target companies Reflection/amplification distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have now become…
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Nude celeb pics wrongly blamed for DDOS at New Zealand’s largest ISP
Actual culprit appears to be silly router configurations and Euro-nasties New Zealand’s largest ISP, Spark, has spent the weekend fighting off a DDOS incorrectly assumed to have a…
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Week in review: Linux systems ensnared in DDoS botnet and Home Depot breach
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts, and articles: IT security is a matter of accountability The CEO has always had responsibility for…
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Are your servers secure from hackers ?
As the Reuters headline read this week “Hackers break into server for Obamacare website” It was about hackers who uploaded malicious code onto a development server, which is…
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Hackers upload malicious files on the Obamacare website to launch a DDoS Attack
In what could be another jolt for US President Barack Obama’s dream project ‘Obamacare health insurance program’, a government cybersecurity team last week discovered that an unknown hacker…