2016
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Swedish newspaper websites shut down in DDoS attack
The online editions of Sweden’s main newspapers were knocked out for several hours by unidentified hackers at the weekend, police said Sunday as they launched an investigation. The…
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Malware Botnet Can Be Abused to Launch DDoS Attacks
DDoS attacks can have an amplification factor of 26.5 An independent security researcher that goes by the name of MalwareTech has discovered a way in which he could…
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DDoS attacks aimed at Salt Lake City websites in apparent protest of officer-involved shooting
A group known as New World Hackers says it targeted the websites of Salt Lake City police, Salt Lake International Airport, the Downtown Alliance and First Utah Bank…
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Ticketmaster turns to the cloud to handle ‘DDoS-level’ traffic during big event launches
Event ticket seller Ticketmaster experiences the traffic equivalent of a huge DDoS attack every time a major gig or show goes on sale, necessitating a steady migration to…
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Attacker leaves “SECURITY TIPS” after invading anti-DDoS firm
Staminus, a California-based internet hosting provider that specializes in helping sites stay online when distributed denial of service (DDoS) attackers try to elbow them off, was itself the…
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Anonymous Declares War On Donald Trump
Notorious hacking team set to launch DDoS attacks on Trump websites on April 1 Donald Trump’s seemingly inevitable rise to power in the United States may be about…
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Altcoin exchange Poloniex affected by DDoS attack
Until last night, it had been a while until DDoS attacks affected any of the popular bitcoin and altcoin exchanges. The latest reports now indicate that a couple…
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Hackers Target Anti-DDoS Firm Staminus
Staminus Communications Inc ., a California-based Internet hosting provider that specializes in protecting customers from massive “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attacks aimed at knocking sites offline, has itself…
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Brief Downtime Disrupts Bitcoin Exchange Trading
Another day in the Bitcoin world and another crisis has been averted, even though plenty of users were worried when several exchanges experienced the same issue at the…