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DreamHost, web hosting company, blames powerful DDoS attack for online outages
DreamHost, one of the world’s largest web hosting companies, said a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) caused significant outages Thursday affecting customers of its web and email services. The Los…
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DreamHost smashed in DDoS attack: Who’s to blame? Take a guess…
Is it the alt-right or anti-fascists? Most likely the latter Web hosting biz DreamHost has been largely crippled today by a distributed denial of service attack, bringing down…
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90% of Companies Get Attacked with Three-Year-Old Vulnerabilities
A Fortinet report released this week highlights the importance of keeping secure systems up to date, or at least a few cycles off the main release, albeit this…
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DDoS attacks down in second quarter
Attacks designed to overwhelm servers with internet traffic — known as distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks — were less frequent this spring than last, according to Akamai’s second quarter…
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Online Extortion Campaigns Target Users, Companies, Security Researchers
During the past week, there has been a sudden surge in online extortion campaigns, against regular users and security researchers alike. The most devious of these was a…
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PlayStation Network was the Real Target of Mirai Botnet DDoS Attack Last Year
Last year in October Mirai Botnet, a malware strain that can take control of IoT (Internet of Things) devices and use them for large cyber attacks resulting in…
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Mirai copycats fired the IoT-cannon at game hosts, researchers find
After first wave attacks ended, thing-herders took aim at PlayStation, XBOX and Valve The Mirai botnet that took down large chunks of the Internet in 2016 was notable…
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What is Pulse Wave? Hackers devise new DDoS attack technique aimed at boosting scale of assaults
The new attack method allows hackers to shut down targets’ networks for longer periods while simultaneously conducting attacks on multiple targets. Hackers have begun launching a new kind…