Sustained assault took down gov mouthpiece The Netherlands government’s websites were taken offline for around 10 hours on Wednesday following a DDoS attack.…
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ACHTUNG! Scary Linux system backdoor turns boxes into DDoS droids
Xnote.1 – the Swiss Army knife of malware Cybercrooks have cooked up a backdoor for Linux-powered systems, which boasts multiple malicious functions.…
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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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Router creds admin/admin? Lizard Squad thanks you
Console hacker DDoS bot runs on lame home routers Console DDoSers Lizard Squad are using insecure home routers for a paid service that floods target networks, researchers say.…
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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
Vawtrak challenges almighty ZeuS as king of the botnets
Crimeware-as-a-Service Crooks behind Vawtrak, a dangerous banking Trojan, are ramping up its reach and sophistication, security firms have warned.…
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Financial ransomware now targeting U.S. users
Although the GameOver Zeus botnet and CryptoLocker ransomware have been disrupted, it is still too early for a victory celebration. First, the two week deadline expires on June 17th, leaving just one …
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Financial ransomware now targeting U.S. users
Bank man: System’s down, let’s have coffee. Oh SNAP, where’s all the CASH?
Hackers use DDoSes to distract staffers… while nicking MILLIONS Cybercrooks are running distributed denial of service attacks as a smokescreen to distract bank security staff while they plunder online banking systems, according to a researcher.…
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Bank man: System’s down, let’s have coffee. Oh SNAP, where’s all the CASH?
Hackers warn: We’ll hit US banks… again
Insecure PHP web apps powering zombie DDoS assault Hackers who claimed responsibility for a series of denial of service attacks against US banks in September have warned the US they plan to renew their assault shortly.…