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Russian admits being Ebury botnet herder, now jailed for 46 months
Malware used to take down Linux Foundation and make millions A Russian man has been imprisoned for 46 months after admitting to using the Ebury malware to create…
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Chinese Telecom DDoS Attack Breaks Record
A distributed denial of service siege spanning more than 11 days broke a DDoS record for the year, according to a report from Kaspersky Lab. DDoS attackers launched…
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Long-lasting DDoS attacks are back
Kaspersky report reveals the return of major DDoS threats, which are now also lasting longer than ever before. Long-lasting DDoS attacks are back, and they’re harder than ever,…
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Malicious content delivered over SSL/TLS has more than doubled in six months
Threats using SSL encryption are on the rise. An average of 60 percent of the transactions in the Zscaler cloud have been delivered over SSL/TLS. Researchers also found…
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FCC: We could tell you our cybersecurity plan… but we’d have to kill you
Despite Pai on face, US federal regulator keeps digging DDoS BS hole America’s broadband watchdog, the FCC, has continued digging an ever-deeper hole over its claims it was…
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FCC says its cybersecurity measures to prevent DDoS attacks must remain secret
The FCC has provided a few — very few — details of the steps it has taken to prevent attacks like the one that briefly took down its…
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DDoS Extortionist Who Posed as Anonymous Hacker Arrested in the US
On Friday, US authorities arrested a man on charges of launching DDoS attacks and making death and bomb threats against several targets including Leagle.com, the Sydney Morning Herald,…
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Don’t ban the bots
I do a lot of DDoS related research online, which results in a lot of DDoS protection related spam/offers. A trend I have seen gaining popularity lately is…