2017
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Criminal benefits: profit margin of a DDoS attack can reach 95%
Kaspersky Lab’s researchers have discovered the full extent of the profit margins benefiting criminals from DDoS services that are available on the black market. Kaspersky Lab’s experts have…
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Did you know: Crimelords behind DDoS attacks offer customer loyalty points?
Tweaking business models for greater 404 kerching The DDoS attack business has advanced to the point that running an attack can cost as little as $7 an hour,…
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The Short List of Who Protects Companies Against DDoS Attacks
Here’s a question: when was the last time you got something truly useful for free? Like that time it turned out your phone company was giving you mobile…
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Servers hosting Daphne Caruana Galizia’s website suffer ‘unprecedented’ DDoS attack
The servers hosting Daphne Caruana Galizia’s personal blog have suffered a DDoS attack. A DDos (denial of service) attack occurs when many systems flood the bandwidth of a…
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Russian bank Alfa Says it was Under DNS Botnet Attacks
The Russian banking giant Alfa announced, in a press statement, that hackers targeted its cyber infrastructure in a large-scale DNS Botnet attack. The purpose appears to have been…
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Nine Ways To Protect Your Technology Company From DDoS Attacks
DDoS attacks can wreak havoc on your company’s efficiency if you’re not careful. The Mirai botnet — malware that can be used for large-scale network attacks — can…
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Standards and Security: The Great DDoS Challenge
Whether or not you work in IT security, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are becoming more visible by the day. In the last three months of 2016…