2015
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UK Broadband Provider AAISP Suffers Strong DDoS Assault
Internet provider Andrews and Arnold (AAISP) appears to have become the target for a semi-sporadic Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) assault, which began hitting their network yesterday and…
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UK pummelled with DDoS after ISIS cyber attack warning
Earlier this week, the UK government warned ISIS militants were developing the capability to launch cyber attacks against Britain’s infrastructure. Today, we are witnessing a huge amount of…
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Hacktivists claim ISIS terrorists linked to Paris attacks had bitcoin funding
Anti-ISIS hackers claimed to have detected indicators of an impending attack on Paris as well bitcoin funding, a wallet with over $3 million, used by ISIS militants. During…
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Merseyside DDoS daddy given eight months behind bars
When bragging of your illegal exploits, leave off your real name A UK man has been given eight and a half months in prison for launching a series…
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Security blogger Graham Cluley’s website suffers DDoS attack
A distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) is a cheap but effective way to take out your target’s website by flooding it with so much traffic that the web server…
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Twitter DM character limit liberation spells opportunity for botnets
Direct message command and control hides in the walla walla rhubarb. London security researcher Paul Amar has built a tool capable of exploiting Twitter’s extended direct messaging function…
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FastMail the latest victim of a sustained DDoS offensive
FastMail has been subjected to a number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, the premium email provider has revealed. The Australian-based company said that the cyber offensive…
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FastMail falls over as web service extortionists widen attacks and up their prices
Concerted assaults on five providers and counting FastMail has become the latest web services company to get taken down by distributed denial of service (DDoS) raiders who are…
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ProtonMail comes back online, shores up DDoS defenses
ProtonMail, the Switzerland-based encrypted email service, has found its footing again after a wild ride over the past week. The free service has said it was hit by…