2017
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DDoS Attacks Cause Train Delays Across Sweden
DDoS attacks on two separate days have brought down several IT systems employed by Sweden’s transport agencies, causing train delays in some cases. The incidents took place early…
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Nginx with Stream Module Dynamic Upstream CNAME
In the age on scalable web applications , many organizations turn to cloud-based server hosting to dynamically add additional servers during peak usage, or attain redundancy by having…
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33% of businesses hit by DDoS attack in 2017, double that of 2016
Distributed Denial of Service attacks are on the rise this year, and used to gain access to corporate data and harm a victim’s services, according to a Kaspersky…
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Investigation reveals large botnet hiding behind Fast Flux technique
Fast Flux, a DNS technique first introduced in 2006 and widely associated with the Storm Worm malware variants, can be used by botnets to hide various types of…
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Euro commissioner calls for more collaboration on cyber security
European commissioner for security union has called for greater awareness of cyber security risks and increased collaboration in defending against them. Cyber threats are one of the top…
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DDoS attacks double as corporate data becomes new target
While more organisations are being hit by a DDoS attacks in 2017 compared to last year, less are being hit by more than one. DDoS attacks have increased…
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US SEC Corporate Filing System Said to Be Vulnerable to DDoS Attacks
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Wall Street’s top regulator, has discovered a vulnerability in its corporate filing database that could cause the system to collapse, according to…
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DDoS trends, DNS survey signal warnings to infosec pros
Two vendor reports out this week may be of interest to CISOs in planning their defensive strategies. —Imperva, a supplier of DDoS protection services, said it found a new…
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Pulse-Wave DDoS Attacks Mark a New Tactic in Q2
A new tactic for DDoS is gaining steam: the pulse wave attack. It’s called such due to the traffic pattern it generates—a rapid succession of attack bursts that…