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We take bots down, but they get up again – you’re never going to keep them down

Dell analysis shows ZeroAccess botnet still slinging out A combined attack on one of the world’s biggest networks of infected PCs has been partially successful: analysis from Dell SecureWorks shows you can’t keep a bad botnet down.…

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We take bots down, but they get up again – you’re never going to keep them down

How much can a DDoS attack cost your organization?

A DDoS attack on a company’s online resources might cause considerable losses – with average figures ranging from $52,000 to $444,000 depending on the size of the company. For many organizations, thes…

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How much can a DDoS attack cost your organization?

2014 in infosec: Spammers sneak small botnets under the wire, Java is dull

Crims also move to Silverlight, according to Cisco Cisco’s annual report on the state of global cybersecurity claims spammers just won’t die and are using new tactics to avoid detection by filters; malware programmers are abandoning exploiting Java; and there’s a possible silver cloud in the Sony Pictures hacking storm.…

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2014 in infosec: Spammers sneak small botnets under the wire, Java is dull

IT cock-up – not jihadi DDoS – fingered for French web media blackout

Avez-vous essayé redémarrage il? Several prominent ?French news websites? fell off the web on Friday for several hours in what’s looking like a technical failure rather than a denial-of-service attack. It was, at first, assumed Islamist miscreants had attacked the sites, lashing out in anger at press coverage of the C?harlie Hebdo? killings.…

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IT cock-up – not jihadi DDoS – fingered for French web media blackout

Finnish bank takes cricket bat to wave after wave of DDoS varmints

When they were up, they were up, and when they were down… Finnish bank OP is continuing to fight off a cascading series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that began on New Year’s Eve.…

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Finnish bank takes cricket bat to wave after wave of DDoS varmints

PlayStation clambers back online 48 hours after DDoS attack CRIPPLED network

Titsup gaming service struggling to return to life Sony’s PlayStation network is slowly returning to normal service roughly 48 hours after it was hit by another major denial-of-service attack on Christmas Day.…

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PlayStation clambers back online 48 hours after DDoS attack CRIPPLED network

Rackspace restored after DDOS takes out DNS

25-hour incident blocked traffic from reaching rackspace.com and some subdomains Rackspace says it has recovered from a nasty distributed denial of service attack that it says may have seen “a portion of legitimate traffic to our DNS infrastructure … inadvertently blocked.”…

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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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Fort Lauderdale websites DDoSed after Anonymous threats over feeding ban

Turns out the whole thing was pointless anyway Municipal websites in Fort Lauderdale, Florida suffered a distributed denial of service attack on Monday after Anonymous promised to disrupt the city’s activities following the passing of local laws outlawing the feeding of homeless people.…

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