2015
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Cisco splats router bug that can lead to persistent DoS
Cisco has patched a vulnerability that affects Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers and can be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to effectively mount a denial…
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Asia-Plus’s website hit with DDoS attack again
The website of the Media Holding Asia-Plus has been hit with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack again. The Asia-Plus’s website was hit with the DDoS attack on April 14.…
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Belgian media company experiences DDoS attack
Rossel, a Belgian media group, experienced a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that stretched out for several hours Sunday. One of Belgium’s largest French-speaking newspapers, La Soir…
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Online gambling sites taken out by DDoS attacks
Customer of Betfair and PokerStars have been left enraged after the software of both gambling giants suffered from major connectivity issues over the weekend. Betfair’s sportsbook, betting exchange…
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Simda botnet taken down in global operation
The Simda botnet, believed to have infected more than 770,000 computers worldwide, has been targeted in a global operation. In a series of simultaneous actions around the world,…
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Betat Casino Suffers DDoS Attacks
Betat Casino, a popular international online gaming destination, has been subject to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks by yet unidentified hackers, the specialty press reports. The hackers…
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The “Great Cannon”: How China Turns Its Web-sites Into Cyberweapons
When anti-Chinese censorship services got hit with a crippling distributed-denial-of-service attack last month, researchers promptly pegged China as the culprit. Now, Citizen Lab has pinpointed the Chinese tool…
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NH State Website Knocked Out
Company that hosts site dealing with “distributed denial of service” attack on its servers New Hampshire’s state government website was inaccessible to some users for several hours because…
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Polymorphic Beebone botnet sinkholed in international police operation
On April 8, a global operation targeted the Beebone (also known as AAEH) botnet, a polymorphic downloader bot which installs various forms of malware on victims’ computers. Initial…