Akamai Technologies released, through the company's Prolexic Security Engineering & Response Team (PLXsert), a new cybersecurity threat advisory that alerts enterprises to a high-risk threat of powerf…
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Mitigations for Spike DDoS toolkit-powered attacks
Avast! Belay that ‘RomanticVK’ order – there be MONSTERS Russian cops have arrested two mobile botnet cybercrime suspects as part of an ongoing investigation that’s reckoned to be the first of its kind in Russia.…
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Russian botnet suspects cuffed over romantic MMS spyware allegs
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts, and articles: IT security is a matter of accountability The CEO has always had responsibility for the overall growth an…
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Week in review: Linux systems ensnared in DDoS botnet and Home Depot breach
Goog the perfect ruse to slip into SEO orfice One in every 24 Googlebots is a imitation spam-flinging denial of service villain that masquerades as Mountain View to sneak past web perimeter defences, according to security chaps at Incapsula.…
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Four fake Google haxbots hit YOUR WEBSITE every day
Infosec bods infiltrate botnet, uncover crap password security Security watchers have spotted a fresh Windows-based botnet that attempts to hack into point-of-sale systems.…
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ATTACK of the Windows ZOMBIES on point-of-sale terminals
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are quickly becoming the preferred method for cyber attackers to wreak havoc on the internet. With a recent spate of attention grabbing headlines focused o…
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Dispelling the myths behind DDoS attacks
Fresh Cridex variant plays merry hell via email Cybercrooks have put together a botnet client which bundles in worm-like functionality that gives it the potential to spread quickly.…
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Cybercrooks breed SELF-CLONING MUTANT that STEALS your BANK DETAILS
Disruptive cyber-attacks are becoming more effective at breaching security defenses, causing major disruption and sometimes bringing down organizations for whole working days, according to a new globa…
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DDoS attacks are becoming more effective
Accused will tap the boards before the beak today An unnamed London teenager has been charged with a series of criminal offences following a series of denial-of-service attacks against internet exchanges and the Spamhaus anti-spam service last year.…
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London teen charged over Spamhaus mega-DDoS attacks
Server fleet open to NTP attack drops from 400k to just 17,000 Sysadmins rejoice! NSFOCUS researchers say hundreds of thousands of Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers have been patched, reducing the threat from some devastating and cheap distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.…
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Sysadmins rejoice! Patch rampage killing off nasty DDoS attack vector