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Spamhaus-style DDoS attacks: All the hackers are doing it

‘All you need is 10 lines of code and a lot of patience’ Hackers are increasingly turning to DNS reflection to amplify the volume of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.…

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Spamhaus-style DDoS attacks: All the hackers are doing it

Call centers under attack in targeted cyber-blackmail scheme

Crooks blasting public-safety phone lines with calls The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has cautioned public-safety call centers against the rise of so-called telephony denial of service (TDoS) attacks, which it says have the potential to cripple local telephone exchanges.…

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Call centers under attack in targeted cyber-blackmail scheme

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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BIGGEST DDoS in history FAILS to slash interweb arteries

Researcher sets up illegal 420,000 node botnet for IPv4 internet map

Potentially risks thousands of years in jail An anonymous researcher has taken an unorthodox approach to achieve the dream of mapping out the entire remaining IPv4 internet – and in doing so broken enough laws around the world to potentially put him or her behind bars for thousands of years.…

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Researcher sets up illegal 420,000 node botnet for IPv4 internet map

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