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Mystery hacker pwns Dridex Trojan botnet… to serve antivirus installer

Ah, great. Ave AV Part of the distribution channel of the Dridex banking Trojan botnet may have been hacked, with malicious links replaced by installers for Avira Antivirus.…

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Mystery hacker pwns Dridex Trojan botnet… to serve antivirus installer

Bad luck, Ireland: DDoS attack disrupts isle’s National Lottery

Attack KO’d the website and ticket machines A DDoS attack disrupted the Irish National Lottery’s website and ticket machines on Wednesday (January 20).…

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Bad luck, Ireland: DDoS attack disrupts isle’s National Lottery

Cybercops cuff two in hunt for DDoS extortion masterminds

Zombie master suspects tracked to Bosnia An international police investigation against the DD4BC DDoS extortion gang has led to one suspect being arrested and one detained, Europol said on Tuesday.…

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‘Phantom’ menace threatens to down Xbox Live, PSN at Xmas

Hackers reveal plans to make children cry Last Christmas LizardSquad played Grinch with the holiday fun of gamers by knocking out XBox Live and smacking the PlayStation Network offline with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.…

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‘Phantom’ menace threatens to down Xbox Live, PSN at Xmas

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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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