Unknowing proxies help zombie army lurch forward Cyber-crooks behind the Bunitu botnet are selling access to infected proxy bots as a way to cash in from their network.…
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Borg patches enterprise ASR router DoS hole
Bad packets cause crashes. Cisco has closed a hole in its ASR 1000 line of enterprise and service provider-grade routers that could trigger denial of service.…
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Critical BIND bug scores PATCH YESTERDAY grading
Easy to hack universal remote BIND DoS hole leaves DNS open to attack Gird your loins internet: Attackers now have the ability to disrupt large swathes of the web through a remote denial of service vulnerability found in the most widely used software for DNS servers.…
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Unhinged Linux backdoor still poses a nuisance, if not a threat
When is a door not a door? When slapdash coding turns it into a glorified ‘off’ switch Internet Igors have stitched together a new Linux backdoor. Fortunately for internet hygiene the botnet agent – which packs a variety of powerful features – is faulty and only partially functional.…
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Cyber-security’s dirty little secret: It’s not as bad as you think
And as for botnets … on their way out A new research report from the Global Commission on Internet Governance has reached a surprising conclusion: cyberspace is actually getting safer.…
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Cisco Videoscape bug could bring endless repeats to your tellie
Cloudy PVR has denial of service problem, but the fix is in Cisco is asking Web broadcasters using its Videoscape TV-over-IP streaming product to get patching, after a denial-of-service vulnerability was found in the software.…
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Telegram messaging app cops 200Gbps DDoS
‘Someone from East Asia is pissed’ say admins, but our cyborgs are fighting back Popular messaging platform Telegram has been hit with a 200Gbps distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.…
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BOT-GEDDON coming after ZeusVM leak, hacker warns
Why pay $5k when you can pay $0? Former Kaspersky Japan boss now malware researcher Hendrik Adrian is warning of a boom of ZeusVM botnets, after the trojan source code was leaked online.…
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DDoSers call 1988 and want its routing protocol hacked
500 routers whip up colossal DDOS over ye olde RIP protocol Attackers are exploiting an ancient networking protocol to enslave small home and office routers in distributed denial of service attacks, Akamai says.…
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US is the world’s botnet mothership, says Level 3
Not the way you want to lead the globe Level 3 Communications says America is home to more botnet command and control servers, edging out the Ukraine, with Russia only managing third place.…
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