Single point of failure key in takedown Security researchers have teamed up with authorities in Ukraine to take down a spam-spewing Linux-infesting botnet.…
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DNS root server attack was not aimed at root servers – infosec bods
Target appears to have been two Chinese domain names The internet’s root servers were not the target of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in December which for a short time took out four of the 13 pillars of the global network.…
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DNS root server attack was not aimed at root servers – infosec bods
US charges Iranians with hacking into an NY dam, blasting banks offline
Alleged cyber-crims unleashed 140Gbps of duff packets at networks The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged seven Iranian hackers over a string of high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against banks.…
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US charges Iranians with hacking into an NY dam, blasting banks offline
DDoS protection biz Incapsula knackers its customers’ websites
An unwelcome PITSTOP Glitches at distributed denial-of-service mitigation biz Incapsula left the websites it defends offline twice on Thursday.…
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DDoS protection biz Incapsula knackers its customers’ websites
Trivial path for DDoS amplification attacks found by infosec bods
600,000 servers are vulnerable to this little-known protocol Security researchers have discovered a new vector for DDoS amplification attacks – and it’s quite literally trivial.…
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Trivial path for DDoS amplification attacks found by infosec bods
Google punts freebie DDoS shield to hacks, human rights worthies
Reverse proxying traffic might save headaches Google has launched a free service to protect news websites against DDoS attacks.…
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Google punts freebie DDoS shield to hacks, human rights worthies
Does the Internet of Things need an indie security assessor?
Some in the IEEE reckon it’d be a good idea, before your toaster burns more than bread The Internet toaster that’s browning your crumpets, talking to its home servers, and participating in a ransomware-distributing botnet should get the kind of cyber-safety testing that it gets for physical safety.…
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Does the Internet of Things need an indie security assessor?
Is DNSSEC causing more problems than it solves?
New paper points to security protocol as vector for DDoS attacks The complex security protocol for the domain name system – DNSSEC – has another black mark against it: it is being used as a way to carry out denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.…
Mystery hacker hijacks Dridex Trojan botnet… to serve antivirus installer
Ah, great. Ave AV Part of the distribution channel of the Dridex banking Trojan botnet may have been hacked, with malicious links replaced by installers for Avira Antivirus.…
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HSBC online services still offline following ‘attack’ on bank
Oh no – not again! Updated HSBC customers were once again locked out of online banking this morning, following an apparent DDoS attack on the bank.…
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HSBC online services still offline following ‘attack’ on bank