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Merseyside DDoS daddy given eight months behind bars

When bragging of your illegal exploits, leave off your real name A UK man has been given eight and a half months in prison for launching a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks in 2013.…

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Merseyside DDoS daddy given eight months behind bars

ProtonMail still under attack by DDoS bombardment

Using blog site and Twitter to issue updates Secure webmail outfit ProtonMail is still fighting against a sustained DDoS attack that has left its service largely unavailable since Tuesday.…

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ProtonMail still under attack by DDoS bombardment

Cyber-miscreants use Brit e-tailers as personal cash machines

Bunch of online resellers hit by serious issues this week British e-tailers are trying to manage website disruption after they were systematically targeted this week by DDoS extortionists.…

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Cyber-miscreants use Brit e-tailers as personal cash machines

Infosec workers swipe Q-tip across ‘net: Ew, there’s Dridex on it

Zombie botnet found in sample despite server takedown The Dridex banking botnet is continuing to show some signs of life even after a high-profile FBI-led disruption operation earlier this month.…

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Infosec workers swipe Q-tip across ‘net: Ew, there’s Dridex on it

Hand-cranked ‘DDoS’ floors Thai government website amid protests

Great Firewall of Thailand? ?????????????????, say locals Thai government websites dropped offline this week in what was either a politically motivated distributed denial-of-service attack or a case of badly designed websites falling over in response to an unusual increase in visitor numbers.…

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Hand-cranked ‘DDoS’ floors Thai government website amid protests

XOR DDoS botnet launching attacks from compromised Linux machines

Attackers have developed a botnet capable of 150+ Gbps DDoS attack campaigns using XOR DDoS, a Trojan malware used to hijack Linux systems, according to Akamai. What is XOR DDoS? XOR DDoS is a T…

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XOR DDoS botnet launching attacks from compromised Linux machines

Cloud security: Integrated global CDN with DDoS mitigation and WAF

Applications are becoming more accessible on the web across all industries including gaming, e-commerce, software, and media. This is great for reaching new customers around the globe, but along with …

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Cloud security: Integrated global CDN with DDoS mitigation and WAF

Another malware building toolkit leaked, botnets already popping up

Another malware building toolkit has been leaked, allowing less tech-savvy crooks to generate a fully functional variant of the KINS banking Trojan and to inject its configuration code in a JPG file i…

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Another malware building toolkit leaked, botnets already popping up

DDoS attack downs University of London learning platform

A harsh lesson, now stand in corridor for four hours The University of London Computer Centre fell victim to a cyber-attack on Thursday.…

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DDoS attack downs University of London learning platform