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Week in review: Blackhole 2.0 is out, Windows 8 users open to Flash exploits, and botnet C&Cs hidden in the Tor network
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Apache HTTP Server set to ignore IE10's Do Not Track request Microsoft's decision to make Internet Explorer 10 in Wi…
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Week in review: Blackhole 2.0 is out, Windows 8 users open to Flash exploits, and botnet C&Cs hidden in the Tor network
Alleged Anon arrested for planning gov DDoS attacks
21-year-old could face five years in a Hong Kong slammer Hong Kong police have arrested a 21-year-old man after he apparently bragged on Facebook of his intent to disrupt several government web sites.…
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Alleged Anon arrested for planning gov DDoS attacks
DDoS crooks: Do you want us to blitz those phone lines too?
Miscreants offer to down mobe and fixed line services for $20 a day Cybercrooks are now offering to launch cyberattacks against telecom services, with prices starting at just $20 a day.…
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DDoS crooks: Do you want us to blitz those phone lines too?
Botnet army flicks ‘off’ switch at UK crime agency website
Suspiciously close to Soca’s shutdown of stolen-data shops The UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency’s website has been taken offline following a DDoS attack that started last night and is still going on.…
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Botnet army flicks ‘off’ switch at UK crime agency website
Number-munching clouds are godsend for cybercrooks – experts
Perfect platform for password forcing, DDoS attacks Cloud computing providers came under fire today from security experts who blamed them for giving cyber-criminals the tools to launch attacks more easily, efficiently and anonymously than ever before.…
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Number-munching clouds are godsend for cybercrooks – experts
Sality botnet takedown plans posted online
Valid attack could seize infected machines Updated A self-describer “law-abiding citizen” has posted attack plans against the Sality botnet on the Full Disclosure security mailing list, along with a tongue-in-cheek warning not to enact them since that would be illegal.…
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Sality botnet takedown plans posted online
Smaller DDoS attacks can be deadlier than big ones
Contrary to conventional thinking that large bandwidth cyber attacks wreak the most damage on enterprises, security experts at Radware instead found that bigger problems usually come in small packages…
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Smaller DDoS attacks can be deadlier than big ones
UK cops: ‘We thwarted Royal Wedding web attack plot’
Kid cuffed in DDoS probe UK cybercops have claimed credit for preventing attempts to blast the official Royal Wedding website offline in April, following the arrest of a teenager suspected of masterminding the attack.
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UK cops: ‘We thwarted Royal Wedding web attack plot’