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Next generation anti-DDoS appliances from Huawei

Huawei announced the launch of its next-generation anti-DDoS solution at RSA Conference 2014. Huawei's AntiDDoS8000 Series offers industry leading security capabilities, including 1Tbps performanc…

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Namecheap's DNS server hit with a "new type" of DDoS

Popular domain registrar and web hosting service Namecheap has been having trouble with an unexpected DDoS attack targeting 300 or so domains on two of their their DNS nameservers. “The sheer siz…

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400Gbps NTP-based DDoS attack hits Cloudflare

Matthew Prince, CEO of content delivery network Cloudflare, has confirmed on Twitter on Monday that one of its customers was being targeted with a very big Network Time Protocol (NTP) reflection attac…

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DDoS attacks used to influence stock prices

Prolexic Technologies shared an analysis of nearly a dozen global DDoS attacks that indicates cyber attackers are using DDoS attacks in an attempt to influence market values and interfere with exchang…

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Researchers uncover months-old POS malware botnet

With the Target and Neiman Marcus breach being all over the news in the last few weeks, the topic of malware that collects card data directly from Point-of-Sale devices has received renewed interest. …

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DDoS attacks become smarter, faster and more severe

DDoS attacks will continue to be a serious issue in 2014 – as attackers become more agile and their tools become more sophisticated, according to Radware. Their report was compiled using data from ove…

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