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Sony Pictures hit by ‘fightback on filesharers’ DDoS claims – report

War on Guardians of Peace? Sony Pictures is alleged to have conducted a retaliatory DDoS attack against websites currently holding its leaked information for public download, according to a media report.…

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BIGGEST DDoS in history FAILS to slash interweb arteries

Bombardment without collateral damage – amazing Analysis   The massive 300Gbit-a-second DDoS attack against anti-spam non-profit Spamhaus this week didn’t actually break the internet’s backbone, contrary to many early reports.…

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Chameleon botnet grabbed $6m A MONTH from online ad-slingers

Click fraudster bot fingered after analysts crack its signature A web analytics firm has sniffed out a botnet that was raking in $6m a month from online advertisers.…

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Chameleon botnet grabbed $6m A MONTH from online ad-slingers

Report: DDoS attacks now MORE ANGRY, complex and targeted

Less like the Hulk, more like Iron Man The days when attackers relied on sheer bandwidth volume alone to knock out websites are over, with miscreants increasingly using application-layer and multi-vector attacks.…

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Report: DDoS attacks now MORE ANGRY, complex and targeted

Muslim vid protest hackers turn web-flood hosepipe away from US banks

But Iran not behind DDoS attacks, say security bods Islamist hackers busy blasting bank websites with network traffic have suspended their assault after a controversial anti-Muslim video ceased to be available through YouTube.…

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UK cops: How we sniffed out convicted AnonOps admin ‘Nerdo’

Hint: Sometimes gamer tags give the game away Analysis of IRC logs and open source intelligence played a key role in the successful police prosecution that led up the conviction of a member of Anonymous for conspiracy to launch denial of service attacks against PayPal and other firms.…

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HSBC websites fell in DDoS attack last night, bank admits

Hacktivists blamed for online banking blackout Updated   HSBC has blamed a denial of service attack for the downtime of many of its websites worldwide on Thursday night.…

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Zombies are attacking America – researchers

Banking sector DDoSers ‘used botnets’, say security boffins Hackers responsible for an ongoing series of attacks against US banks over the past week may be tapping into botnets to power their assaults, according to security researchers. Meanwhile, the Financial Services ISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Center) continues to advise banks to be prepared for attack.…

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