2016
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UK’s ‘FBI’ hit by DDoS barrage
It’s just a ‘temporary inconvenience’, says agency The public-facing website for the UK’s National Crime Agency has wobbled today under a Distributed Denial of Service Attack.…
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Finns chilling as DDoS knocks out building control system
Hint: next time, buy a firewall before you’re attacked Residents in two apartment buildings in the Finnish town of Lappeenranta had a chill-out lasting more than a week…
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Is government regulation the way to blunt DDoS attacks?
Government regulation is a sticky issue in any industry, perhaps even more in cyber security. Every time the government creates a rule or an obligation, goes the argument,…
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Apocalypse now: The IoT DDoS threat
One of the things you learn about humanity, if you’re paying attention, is that “gold rushes” bring out the worse in us. When there are no constraints and…
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Massive DDoS Attacks Disable Internet Access Throughout Liberia
British security researcher Kevin Beaumont recently reported that a series of massive cyber attacks using the Mirai DDoS botnet periodically disabled all Internet access throughout the country of Liberia. “Liberia…
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Tech support scammers use denial of service bug to hang victims
Process pig keeps eyes glued on fraudsters’ phone number. Tech support fraudsters have taught an old denial of service bug new tricks to add a convincing layer of…