2015
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Borg patches enterprise ASR router DoS hole
Bad packets cause crashes. Cisco has closed a hole in its ASR 1000 line of enterprise and service provider-grade routers that could trigger denial of service.…
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Planned Parenthood websites downed in DDoS attack
Planned Parenthood websites have gone down and are, according to the main page, undergoing maintenance. In a statement emailed to SCMagazine.com on Thursday, Dawn Laguens, executive VP of…
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Critical BIND bug scores PATCH YESTERDAY grading
Easy to hack universal remote BIND DoS hole leaves DNS open to attack Gird your loins internet: Attackers now have the ability to disrupt large swathes of the…
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New York Site DDoS attack After Massive Cosby Story Goes Online
At 9PM on Sunday night, New York Magazine published to the web one of its most ambitious and powerful stories of the year, an extended interview with 35 women…
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Unhinged Linux backdoor still poses a nuisance, if not a threat
When is a door not a door? When slapdash coding turns it into a glorified ‘off’ switch Internet Igors have stitched together a new Linux backdoor. Fortunately for…
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Anonymous says it hacked Canada’s security secrets in retaliation for police shooting of B.C. activist
Hackers with Anonymous say they breached supposedly secure Canadian government computers and accessed high-level, classified national security documents as retaliation for last week’s fatal shooting by the RCMP…
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NJ Casino’s DDoS Attack Still Under Investigation
On July 2, a cyber attack was coordinated against several New Jersey-based gambling websites and continued throughout the July 4th holiday weekend. At least four online casinos were…
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It's official: The average DDoS attack size is increasing
New global DDoS attack data from Arbor Networks shows strong growth in the average size of DDoS attacks, from both a bits-per-second and packets-per-second perspective. The largest attack…
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Bitcoin Extortion Campaigns Expanding DDoS Attacks to a Wider Array of Business Sectors
Recent FBI investigations and open source reporting reveal that extortion campaigns conducted via e-mails threatening Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continue to expand targets from unregulated activities,…
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Anonymous in Cyberwar With Canadian Gov’t After Mountie Killed Activist
On Monday, hacktivists said they had stepped up their operation to gain access to Canadian government secrets after a mounted police officer shot and killed an activist at…