The average DDoS attack bandwidth in Q1 2013 totaled 48.25 Gbps, which is a 718 percent increase over last quarter, and the average packet-per-second rate reached 32.4 million, says Prolexic. Ea…
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Average DDoS attack bandwidth up 718 percent
Hackers have been able to weasel their way into computer networks from nearly every direction. From malware to ransomware, and everything in between, cyber crooks are always looking for new ways to st…
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TDoS: The latest wave of Denial of Service attacks
FortiGuard Labs observed that the Bitcoin mining botnet, ZeroAccess, was the number one threat last quarter. Their report also reveals new analysis of the South Korea cyberattacks and two new Android …
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ZeroAccess Bitcoin botnet shows no signs of slowing
Successful malware peddlers are always thinking up new ways of delivering malware to unsuspecting users. In the past Android malware was mostly served on third-party online marketplaces, but accor…
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Cutwail botnet now spreads Android malware
The Cyber fighters of Izz Ad-Din Al Qassam hacker group – also known as Qassam Cyber Fighters – are at it again. For the third time in the last half year or so, they have mounted DDoS attacks agai…
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Hackers attacking US banks are well-funded, expert says
Lurking in the shadows for nearly a decade, DoS and DDoS attacks are making a resurgence. Several high-profile assaults on the world's leading financial firms and other industries have recently been e…
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DoS attacks expose enterprise infrastructure vulnerabilities
Airlock launched its Secure Cloud Platform which offers enterprise-level security features like intrusion detection, hardware and web application firewalls, DDoS mitigation and malware scanning. Airlo…
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Airlock launches secure cloud hosting
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts, videos and articles: What do users look for in a security solution? Users are aware of the dangers in the Internet and …
Last year's takedown of the Grum botnet was one the most fascinating ones so far, as it triggered a quick response from the botherders who tried to derail law enforcement efforts by setting up new C&C…
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Grum botnet makes a comeback
McAfee Labs revealed that sophisticated attacks originally targeting the financial services industry are now increasingly directed at other critical sectors of the economy, while an emerging set of ne…
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Malicious URLs eclipsing botnets as malware distribution leader