Online underground markets seem to offer anything and everything a budding cyber criminal might need. Compromised online accounts? They've got them. Malicious domain registering service? Here you …
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IRC/HTTP based DDoS bot nukes other bots
The Spanish National Police has arrested a 35-year-old Dutch citizen that is suspected of being one of the individuals behind the recent massive DDoS attack launched against Spamhaus, an organization …
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SpamHaus DDoS suspect arrested in Spain
A new Akamai report provides insight into key global statistics including connection speeds, attack traffic, and network connectivity and availability, among many others. Nearly 700 million unique …
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, reviews and articles: World's largest bitcoin exchange under DDoS attack Mt.Gox, the world's largest bitcoin exchange, has been d…
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Week in review: CISPA, AP Twitter account hijacking and real-world consequences
Recent reports all point to the same fact: despite the different motives of the attackers, DDoS attack have become more frequent and more intense. So what are businesses and organizations to do? …
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Who to call when hit by a DDoS attack
When DDoS attacks hit, organizations are thrown into crisis mode. From the IT department to call centers, to the boardroom and beyond, it’s all hands on deck until the danger passes. In February …
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35% of businesses experienced a DDoS attack in 2012
DigiD, the identity management platform that allows Dutch citizens to digitally sign bills, pay taxes, and more, has been unavailable since Tuesday evening due to a DDoS attack, Biz Community reports.
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Dutch DigiD e-signature system under DDoS attack
In order to relieve the curiosity of the huge Reddit community, systems administrator Jason Harvey has shared some details about the DDoS attack that recently hit the popular social news site and cau…
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Reddit was downed by record DDoS attack, motive is unknown
Mt.Gox, the world's largest bitcoin exchange, has been downed earlier today by what appears to be a “strong DDoS attack”. “We are working hard to overcome it and will update when possible. It's c…
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World's largest bitcoin exchange under DDoS attack
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a widespread problem in the iGaming industry with hackers betting that they can make money from online gambling merchants by threatening to take down t…
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