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CloudFlare warns of another massive botnet, er, flaring up

DDoS attacks on the horizon as White House cybersecurity report issues recommendations CloudFlare has warned of another massive botnet that appears to be ramping up and targeting the US West Coast.…

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CloudFlare warns of another massive botnet, er, flaring up

Is DNSSEC causing more problems than it solves?

New paper points to security protocol as vector for DDoS attacks The complex security protocol for the domain name system – DNSSEC – has another black mark against it: it is being used as a way to carry out denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.…

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Is DNSSEC causing more problems than it solves?