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25% of DDoS attacks in 2013 will be application-based

Twenty-five percent of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that occur in 2013 will be application-based, according to Gartner. During such incidents, attackers send out targeted commands to a…

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25% of DDoS attacks in 2013 will be application-based

Antibot: Network-based botnet removal tool

Botnets are flourishing with new packaging, new methods and new business models. ZeroAccess, the world’s fastest-growing botnet, infected millions of computers in 2012, using them to commit large-scal…

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Antibot: Network-based botnet removal tool

Week in review: Critical Flash update, Bamital botnet takedown, and children turning into malware developers

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, reviews, articles and interviews: Federated single sign-on to dominate by 2016 A well-executed single sign-on (SSO) strategy redu…

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Week in review: Critical Flash update, Bamital botnet takedown, and children turning into malware developers

Massive Bamital click-fraud botnet shut down

Symantec and Microsoft have teamed up to take down the Bamital botnet, and are currently in the process of warning users infected with the Trojan on how to remove it from their computers. “Bamital …

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Massive Bamital click-fraud botnet shut down

Business is booming for exploits, mobile malware

Business is thriving for exploits, mobile malware is still dominated by Android and Symbian, and botnets are back and retooled, according to a new threat report from F-Secure Labs. “The world of m…

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DDoS attack sizes plateau, complex multi-vector attacks on the rise

Arbor Networks released its 8th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR) offering a rare view into the most critical security challenges facing today’s network operators. Based on su…

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DDoS attack sizes plateau, complex multi-vector attacks on the rise

Cutwail botnet on spam rampage, delivers Cridex worm

Since its inception some six years ago, the Cutwail / Pandex botnet experienced its fair share of setbacks, but it's still going strong. The main reason for its existence is to send out millions of…

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Cutwail botnet on spam rampage, delivers Cridex worm

Week in review: Remote Linksys 0-day root exploit discovered, the Pobelka botnet, and a year of Microsoft patches

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, videos, reviews and articles: Looking back at a year of Microsoft patches Last year Microsoft's Patch Tuesdays featured a total of …

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Week in review: Remote Linksys 0-day root exploit discovered, the Pobelka botnet, and a year of Microsoft patches