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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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
FBI takes down Dridex botnet, seizes servers, arrests suspect
C&C malware factory The FBI has teamed up with security vendors to disrupt the operations of Dridex banking Trojan.…
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FBI takes down Dridex botnet, seizes servers, arrests suspect
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