Could it be bots that fall for for those ‘One Weird Trick’ ads? Here’s hoping! Botnets will inflict a massive US$7.2 billion in damages against online advertisers this year according to research by ad security company White Ops.…
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Ad-clicking bots predicted to rip US$7.2 billion from Mad Men
Analyzing customer data, Corero found that attackers are continuing to leverage sub-saturating DDoS attacks with increasing frequency, using shorter attack durations to evade legacy cloud DDoS scrubbi…
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Attackers prefer lower-bandwidth DDoS attacks
Just don’t bork our crim-busting honeypots again Microsoft has teamed up with the FBI to launch a renewed attempt to disrupt the operations of the infamous ZeroAccess botnet.…
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Microsoft teams up with Feds, Interpol in ZeroAccess botnet zombie hunt
Low Orbit Ion Cannon claims another victim A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to two years of probation and a fine of $183,000 after pleading guilty to taking part in an Anonymous DDoS attack against the servers of Koch Industries for one minute.…
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One-minute Koch-blocking attack earns attacker two years, massive fine
Botnet decap should be a team effort – ex-detective infosec bod Botnet takedowns need to be improved if the industry is to avoid the risk of creating more problems than it solves every time its decapitates a zombie network, according to a former Scotland Yard detective turned security researcher.…
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Must try HARDER, infosec lads: We’re RUBBISH at killing ZOMBIES
Seoul police believe country’s love of gaming will be turned upon itself South Korea’s National Police Agency (NPA) is warning users not to download unofficial online games as they may contain malware designed by the North to compromise machines which can then be used to launch DDoS attacks on the country.…
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Norks seed online games with malware in fiendish DDoS plot
El Reg talks to anti-DDos bods – who UNMASK the target… Exclusive Web security firm Incapsula helped a Chinese Bitcoin trader to weather a ferocious denial-of-service attack last month when the volume of inbound traffic to the site peaked at 100Gbps.…
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How mystery DDoSers tried to take down Bitcoin exchange with 100Gbps crapflood