2014
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High-bandwidth NTP amplification DDoS attacks escalate
Prolexic issued a high alert threat advisory on NTP amplification DDoS attacks. This attack method has surged in popularity this year, fueled by the availability of new DDoS…
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WordPress USED AS ZOMBIE in DDoS attacks
Tens of thousands of vulnerable WordPress sites have been co-opted into a server-based botnet being used to run DDoS attacks. More than 160,000 legitimate WordPress sites were abused…
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MUM’s WordPress recipe blog USED AS ZOMBIE in DDoS attacks
Well, it’s statistically reasonably likely. Just update to 3.8.1, OK? Tens of thousands of vulnerable WordPress sites have been co-opted into a server-based botnet being used to run…
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Over 162,000 WordPress sites exploited in DDoS attack
DNS and NTP servers are not the only publicly accessible resources that can be misused to amplify DDoS attacks. Sucuri CTO Daniel Cid revealed details of a recent…
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DDoS Attacks Still a Significant Threat
It’s an attack vector that’s been around ever since the Internet became a valuable business tool. Distributed Denial of Service, of DDoS, attacks are still one of the…
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Over 160,000 legitimate WordPress sites used for DDoS attack
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks aren’t new and 2013 was one of the worst years when it comes to such attacks that too through the use of…
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Mt Gox fielded MASSIVE DDOS attack before collapse
Report in Japan says ‘150,000 hits per second’ A Japanese newspaper is reporting that during the spectacular collapse of the Mt Gox Bitcoin exchange, the operation’s servers were…
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Mt. Gox hit by massive DDoS attacks
Mt. Gox K.K., the collapsed trading platform for the bitcoin digital currency, came under so-called distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks aimed at shutting its servers by overloading…
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DDoS Attacks May Be Entering a New Era
It seems cybercriminals are no longer content just to bring down Web sites with their distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Now, these cybercrooks are demanding ransom from Web site…
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26-year-old hacker responsible for massive DDoS-attacks sentenced in Russia
A man was sentenced to probation after being convicted for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks as a result of Group-IB and the The Ministry of the Interior…