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Websites struggling for legal recourse for DoS attacks
Websites blocked by ISPs when under a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) face millions of pounds in lost business because ISPs refuse to take responsibility for hosting…
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PROLEXIC PROTESTS INNOCENCE
Anti-DDoS firm not involved in criminal activity says spokesman One of the indicted companies in the major Giordano Internet sports betting bust, Prolexic Technologies was quick to protest…
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DDoS makes a phishing e-mail look real
Just as Internet users learn that clicking on a link in an e-mail purporting to come from their bank is a bad idea, phishers seem to be developing…
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UK bans denial of service attacks
A law was passed yesterday that makes it an offence to launch a denial of service attack in the UK, punishable by up to ten years in prison.…
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Layered Technologies Partners with netZentry to Offer Hosting Customers Complete DDoS Protection
netZentry, a leading developer of advanced network security and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack detection and mitigation solutions, is partnering with Layered Technologies (http://www.layeredtech.com), a premier provider…
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U.K. company brings anti-DDoS appliances to the U.S.
Webscreen Technology is relaunching its denial-of-service mitigation appliances in the United States after 18 months of concentrating its efforts abroad. …
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Webscreen Partners with Crossbeam
Webscreen Technology Ltd , the UK based network integrity solutions vendor has today announced a strategic technology partnership with Crossbeam Systems®, Inc ., the leader in unified threat…
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Up to One Million Zombies
Messagelabs are reporting that cyber criminals are assembling a million zombies into one of the largest bot-nets ever. This article speculates that the purpose will be to launch…
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Claranet offers DDoS Protection
Claranet, one of Europe’s largest Managed Services Provider (MSP) has announced a partnership with Prolexic Technologies to provide its clients with the highest level of protection against Distributed…
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Canadian academic talks on cyber extortion
Perhaps it’s because people involved in the Internet gambling sector tend to be well briefed on the Distributed Denial of Services brand of cyber extortion, but a CBC…