2016
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Mystery hacker pwns Dridex Trojan botnet… to serve antivirus installer
Ah, great. Ave AV Part of the distribution channel of the Dridex banking Trojan botnet may have been hacked, with malicious links replaced by installers for Avira Antivirus.…
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Reactions to the HSBC DDoS attack
Last week HSBC’s online banking website was taken down by a DDoS attack, leaving thousands of customers unable to access its services. Here are some of the comments…
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HSBC Calls In Cops To Chase DDoS Attackers Who Took Online Banking Down
HSBC said today it was working with local police to find those who disrupted its online banking services with a denial of service attack, as customers complained of…
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HSBC online services still offline following ‘attack’ on bank
Oh no – not again! Updated HSBC customers were once again locked out of online banking this morning, following an apparent DDoS attack on the bank.…
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Two Arrested in DDoS Attacks Linked to Online Gambling Site Extortion
Last month’s arrest in Bosnia and Herzegovena of two individuals connected to the cyber-crime group DD4BC have been definitely linked to a series of DDoS extortion attacks over…
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World’s Largest DDoS Attack Breaks Records, Clocks At Massive 500 Gbps
In its latest Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, Arbor Networks reports on the biggest distributed denial of service attack, which had a whopping load of 500 Gbps. The previous…
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Larger, more complex, financially motivated DDoS attacks on the rise
DDoS attacks are becoming increasingly larger, more complex, and perpetrated by cyber extortionist instead of hacktivists and vandals, the results of Arbor Networks' 11th Annual Worldwide Infrastructu…
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500Gbps DDoS attack flattens world record
Booter blasters belt businesses. The world’s largest distributed denial of service attack has been clocked at 500Gbps, according to Arbor Networks.…
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Telephonic DoS tied to Ukraine power grid takedown
More information is being revealed regarding the late December attack on the Ukrainian power grid with reports indicating the attack on the utility was supported by a simultaneous…