One suspect has been arrested and a second detained after a Europol-led raid on a gang suspected of carrying out cyber-attacks and demanding ransoms.
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Thai government websites in DDOS attack
Several Thai government websites are hit by a suspected distributed-denial-of-service attack, making them impossible to access.
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NatWest: Our website was ‘targeted’
NatWest Bank has blamed earlier problems with its website on a series of deliberate attacks, known as a distributed denial of service (DDoS)
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NatWest: Our website was ‘targeted’
How a large ISP fights DDoS attacks with a custom solution
DDoS attacks are a growing problem. In July, Arbor Networks released global DDoS attack data derived from its ATLAS threat monitoring infrastructure that shows a surge in volumetric attacks in the fir…
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DDoS attacks are becoming more effective
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
Drastic decline in vulnerable NTP servers due to Heartbleed?
In light of the escalation of DDoS attacks used as a means of extorting money from online businesses, the news that there has been a significant decrease in vulnerable Network Time Protocol (NTP) serv…
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Drastic decline in vulnerable NTP servers due to Heartbleed?
Flashback botmasters earned less than $15K
It has already been established that the criminals behind the Flashback botnet were after money, but according to Symantec researchers, their plan was foiled by the attention that the first massive Ma…
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Flashback botmasters earned less than $15K
Anti-Anonymous hacker takes credit for The Pirate Bay DDoS
After 72 hours of being hit with an extensive DDoS attack and having been intermittently inaccessible to its visitors, The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks are back online. It was initially thought that An…
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Anti-Anonymous hacker takes credit for The Pirate Bay DDoS
Apple ships Flashback removal tool for OS X 10.5 Leopard
Following the discovery of a 600K strong Flashback botnet, Apple has been trying to undo the damage to its reputation and has worked on issuing tools, patches and updates aimed at cleaning up the infe…
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Apple ships Flashback removal tool for OS X 10.5 Leopard
Two Norwegians arrested over DDoS attacks
Two Norwegian teenagers believed to have led DDoS attacks on a number of Norwegian and international websites have been arrested last Friday and Monday. The rather short notification by the Norwegi…
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Two Norwegians arrested over DDoS attacks