2014
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BTC-e Reports DDoS Attack Against Their Server
Having issues with BTC-e today? You’re not the only one. A number of users in the bitcoin community have reported issues with the exchange, raising fears about the…
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DDoS attacks: Bigger, Badder and Nastier than last year
DDoS bots are evolving, developing immunity to cookie and JavaScript challenges along the way. A raft of next-generation DDoS attacks have marked the first months of 2014, says…
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DDoS attacks target online gaming
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are not limited to enterprises; we have recently seen a string of DDoS attacks hitting the gaming industry, says senior engineer at…
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How a website flaw turned 22,000 visitors into a botnet of DDoS zombies
Researchers have uncovered a recent denial-of-service attack that employed an unusual, if not unprecedented, technique to surreptitiously cause thousands of everyday Internet users to bombard the target with…
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Media hacking continues as Czech news sites suffer DDoS attacks
Media websites continue to be attacked by cyber criminals with reports now emerging that titles in the Czech Republic have been targeted. Three of the country’s most widely-read…
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Week in review: AET costs, Windows XP deadline, routers expose ISPs to DNS-based DDoS attacks
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, reviews and articles: Cost of Advanced Evasion Techniques in recent data breaches A new report by McAfee…
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DDoS Attack on Ellie Mae site Suspects Attackers Had Industry Knowledge
The distributed denial-of-service attack that crashed Ellie Mae’s loan origination system was cleverly disguised and could have been carried out by individuals with mortgage industry expertise, the vendor…
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24 million reasons to lock down DNS amplification attacks
Research from Nominum, a US security consultancy that supplies ISPs with DNS-based analytics and revenue advice, claims to show that 24 million home and small office broadband routers…
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Millions of home routers expose ISPs to DDoS attacks
DNS software specialist Nominum has revealed that DNS-based DDoS amplification attacks have significantly increased in the recent months, targeting vulnerable home routers worldwide. The research reveals that more…
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24 million routers expose ISPs to DNS-based DDoS attacks
DNS-based DDoS amplification attacks have significantly increased in the recent months, targeting vulnerable home routers worldwide. A simple attack can create 10s of Gbps of traffic to disrupt…