2015
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Freeparking hit by DDoS, vexed customers scream into abyss
Outage-prone company does impression of whore’s drawers Email and hosting biz Freeparking has run into yet more trouble after being hit by a DDoS attack today.…
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China Overtakes US as Top Source of Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
More Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks originated in China than in any other country, followed by Germany and the United States, according to the Q1 2015 State…
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Hola rocked by botnet accusations
Virtual private network Hola downplays concerns that its 47 million users could become part of a massive botnet used for illegal activity.
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Google Chrome extension turned users into a DDoS botnet
Hola turned users’ PCs into a botnet, without their consent. Hola, an online service used for watching blocked videos and TV shows from websites outside of your country,…
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How Visual Basic Broke Modern Python: Welcome to the World of High Orbit Ion Cannon
In 2012, Anonymous introduced HOIC (high orbit ion cannon) as a replacement to LOIC (low orbit ion cannon). Unlike its predecessors, that were built upon C#, and later…
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DDoS Attack Update: Idaho Teen Faces Felony Charges After Unleashing a DDoS Attack on School District
In May 15, KTVB reported that a student recently launched a cyber-attack on one of Idaho’s largest school districts. The attack, which was identified as a Distributed Denial…
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South Africa a target for DDoS
South Africa is the most targeted country in Africa when it comes to distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks. This was revealed by Vernon Fryer, chief technology security officer at…
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Teen hires attacker to DDoS his school district
A high school boy might have to face state and federal charges for allegedly hiring a third party and launching a DDoS attack against the West Ada school…
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High schooler allegedly hired third party to DDoS his school district
A 17-year-old high school boy may face state and federal charges for allegedly having paid a third party to launch a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that…