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Netflix Incident A Sign Of Increase In Cyber Extortion Campaigns
Attackers using threats of data exposure and DDoS disruptions to try and extort ransoms from organizations The recent leak of 10 unaired episodes from Season 5 of Netflix’…
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The Hidden Role of DDoS in Ransomware Attacks
Dave Larson offers advice for organisations wishing to protect themselves from the latest types of cyber-extortion Ransom demands and DDoS attacks are now, more than ever, being used…
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68 gov’t websites attacked
Several Philippine government websites have been subjected to various forms of cyberattacks following the release of the ruling on the arbitration case filed by the Philippines against China.…
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Cyber security expert warns of massive Ddos attacks against Armenian websites
Armenian cyber security expert Samvel Martirosyan warned today of Ddos attacks against Armenian websites. According to his personal site, a massive Ddos attack in 7 Gbps began yesterday…
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Shellshock: ‘LARGER SCALE ATTACK’ on its way, warn securo-bods
Not just web servers under threat – though TENS of THOUSANDS have been hit The Shellshock vulnerability has already become the focus for malicious scanning and at least…
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WEBINAR – The Ultimate DDoS Info Session
DOSarrest and HOSTING partner together to help you understand the details of DDoS attacks – how they are executed, what they typically targets and how to quickly and…
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Are your servers secure from hackers ?
As the Reuters headline read this week “Hackers break into server for Obamacare website” It was about hackers who uploaded malicious code onto a development server, which is…
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Attacker could use default defibrillator password to launch DDoS attack
Jay Radcliffe freaked out the medical community in 2011 when he revealed how insulin pumps could be hacked to deliver a fatal dose of insulin (pdf). Yet at…
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#OpSaveGaza: Anonymous Takes Down 1,000 Israeli Government and Business Websites
Hacker collective Anonymous has announced that it has taken down over a thousand of crucial Israeli websites in a huge new coordinated cyber-attack called #OpSaveGaza on 11 July and…
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Yet ANOTHER IE 0-day hole found: Malware-flingers already using it for drive-by badness
You read that right: OPT OUT of a botnet by hitting Ctrl+Alt+Del Security researchers have discovered new zero-day vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer that are already being harnessed by…