Despite Pai on face, US federal regulator keeps digging DDoS BS hole America’s broadband watchdog, the FCC, has continued digging an ever-deeper hole over its claims it was subject to a distributed denial-of-service attack.…
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FCC: We could tell you our cybersecurity plan… but we’d have to kill you
Like trying to get blood out of a stone Updated America’s broadband watchdog, the FCC, has declined to spare any more details on the cyber-assault that supposedly downed its website shortly after it announced its intent to kill net neutrality.…
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So, FCC, how about that massive DDoS? Hello? Hello…? You still there?
Millions of must-be-firewalled services sitting wide open Network security has improved little over the last 12 months – millions of vulnerable devices are still exposed on the open internet, leaving them defenceless to the next big malware attack.…
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Internet hygiene still stinks despite botnet and ransomware flood
Locky-style nasty will squeeze you for two whole bitcoins The Necurs botnet has been harnessed to fling a new strain of ransomware dubbed “Jaff”.…
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‘Jaff’ argh snakes: 5m emails/hour ransomware floods inboxes
Not down to people trying to file comments on issues rhyming with wetsuit balloty, it insists Vid Problems faced by consumers hoping to submit comments to the Federal Communications Commission over the weekend were caused by a denial of service attack, the US government agency admits.…
Engineers working on firmware updates Multiple models of Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Routers have vulnerabilities that might be exploited to create a botnet, security researchers at IOActive warn.…
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Flaws found in Linksys routers that could be used to create a botnet
Trump hacking claims look like red herring Police in Barcelona have arrested a man suspected of being one of the web’s top spammers and the possible operator of a major botnet.…
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Spanish cops snatch suspected top spammer as US moves against Kelihos botnet
New variant of ‘Tsunami’ is a disaster waiting to happen Hackers have brewed up a new variant of the IoT/Linux botnet “Tsunami” that exploits a year-old but as yet unresolved vulnerability.…
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‘Amnesia’ IoT botnet feasts on year-old unpatched vulnerability
Varmints cooked up variant after malware code went public Hackers have created a potent new variant of the Mirai IoT malware.…
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Strange Mirai botnet brew blamed for powerful application layer attack
Tweaking business models for greater 404 kerching The DDoS attack business has advanced to the point that running an attack can cost as little as $7 an hour, while the targeted company can end up losing thousands, if not millions of dollars.…
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