2014
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World Cup websites struck down by DDoS attacks
Various websites associated to the World Cup have been struck by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack ahead of the tournament’s opening match on Thursday. The official…
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RSS Reader Feedly is Being Held Hostage By a DDOS Attack
Feedly, one of the most popular post-Google Reader RSS readers, has been unavailable for hours due to a denial of service attack against the site. According to a…
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Feedly DDoSed by ransom-threat crims: ‘We refused to give in’
RSS bods stand up to cyber creeps News aggregator Feedly has been knocked offline by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack after refusing to pay criminals to…
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Evernote struck by DDoS attack
The popular online notes and web clippings saving service Evernote has suffered disruption after coming under cyberattack. The firm said it was hit by a distributed denial of…
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DDoS attack takes Deezer offline
Streaming music service Deezer experienced several hours of downtime this weekend just gone, thanks, apparently, to one of those Distributed Denial Of Service attacks that were so fashionable…
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Winning the war on web stealth attacks
The “National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2014”, published in May by the UK National Crime Agency, listed DDoS as a major concern for business critical…
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Facing a criminal DDoS attack
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks attempt to flood a server with so many requests that they render a website useless. The effects are many, from lost customer…
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Get Safe Online suffers ‘DDoS’ attack
“We’re looking at what we can do to make sure this won’t happen again. We’re sorry. I’ve had no sleep for two days” – Tony Neate, GSO chief…
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Anonymous takes aim at World Cup sponsors
Hactivist group Anonymous has announced plans to launch a DDoS attack on the sponsors of the football World Cup, which opens in Brazil later this month. Reuters –…
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Why botnet takedowns can cause more harm than good
Zeus is a well-known and highly successful crimeware kit – the flat-pack furniture of the virus world. It is under constant development by several criminals or groups and…