2015
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LizardSquad’s DDoS tool falls prey to hack, exposes complete customer database
If you conceive a fire, you better prepare yourself to stray away from its flames. Maybe LizardSquad failed to learn this elementary lesson and underestimated the consequences that…
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Outage that swept French news sites ‘was not a DDoS’
The outage looks to be linked to issues with the hosting provider rather than cyber criminals. Reports that major French news sites were taken offline this morning by…
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Thousands of French Websites Face DDoS Attacks Since Charlie Hebdo Massacre
Nineteen thousand French websites have been attacked since the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks last week, according to French military head of cyberdefense Adm. Arnaud Coustilliere. The attacks have…
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Anonymous launching DDoS attack against the Montreal Police for Their Treatment of Homeless People #OpSafeWinterMTL
Members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous have launched new protests in reaction to the dismantling of a homeless camp at Viger Square in downtown Montreal as part of…
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The Evolution of Web Application Firewalls
Technological advances related to computing and the Internet have affected every one of us. The Information Revolution that the Internet has made possible is affecting society just as…
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LizardSquad's DDoS service is powered by hacked home routers
When the Sony Playstation and Microsoft Xbox Live gaming networks went down over Christmas and were kept offline for several days afterwards, the hacker collective that calls themselves…