2016
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The rising cost of DDoS
Data centers may be more reliable, but failures due to malicious attacks are increasing. Their cost is also rising, says Michael Kassner Some cost accountants would cringe at…
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Businesses pay $100,000 to DDoS extortionists who never DDoS anyone
In less than two months, online businesses have paid more than $100,000 to scammers who set up a fake distributed denial-of-service gang that has yet to launch a…
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Website extortionists rake in over $100,000 without lifting a finger
‘Armada Collective’ threatens to carry out DDoS attacks, never actually attacks Reputation is everything in business: it appears a bunch of canny scammers have stolen the identity of…
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KKK Website Shut Down by Anonymous Ghost Squad’s DDoS Attack
Anonymous Ghost Squad’s DDoS Attack Closes Down KKK Website The Anonymous vs. Ku Klux Klan (KKK) cyber war is well known to all of us. In continuation of…
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Anonymous Launches DDoS attacks Against Denver Police Website Against Fatal Shooting
Anonymous NWH targets Denver police department domain with DDoS attack to register protest against the fatal shooting of 39-year-old Dion Avila An Anonymous-linked team of attackers called New World…
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Anonymous whales on Denmark, Iceland with OpKillingBay DDoS
Anti-dolphin-munching mission DDoSed car-maker Nissan A pair of Akamai researchers are warning that entities using the name and iconography of hacker collective Anonymous will soon expand a six-year…
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South Korea no 1 origin point for DDoS attacks
South Korea has taken the top spot as the largest origin point for DDoS attacks in 2016. Imperva documented DDoS attacks coming out of South Korea at a…
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ISPs are putting their enterprise customers at risk of DDoS attacks
The vast majority of enterprise end users (85%) want their ISPs to offer more comprehensive DDoS protection-as-a-service, according to Corero Network Security. The research, which polled over 100…