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Spike in DDoS attack size driven by NTP misuse

The beginning of 2014 saw 1.5 times the number of attacks over 20GB/sec, compared to the rest of 2013, according to new stats released by Arbor Networks today. At the Infosecurity Europe 2014, t…

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Spike in DDoS attack size driven by NTP misuse

Blocking DDoS attacks with a cloud-based solution

In this interview, Jag Bains, CTO of DOSarrest, talks about various types of DDoS attacks and why a cloud-based solution is a good fit for most organizations. Despite being an old threat, DDoS atta…

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Blocking DDoS attacks with a cloud-based solution

MUM’s WordPress recipe blog USED AS ZOMBIE in DDoS attacks

Well, it’s statistically reasonably likely. Just update to 3.8.1, OK? Tens of thousands of vulnerable WordPress sites have been co-opted into a server-based botnet being used to run DDoS attacks.…

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MUM’s WordPress recipe blog USED AS ZOMBIE in DDoS attacks

GitHub code repository rocked by ‘very large DDoS’ attack

Second attack this month sees hackers git GitHub San Francisco–based GitHub, the online repository popular among software developers, suffered a major service outage on Thursday morning due to what it characterizes as a “very large DDoS attack.”… Learn how to leverage change for better IT And win a top of the range HP Spectre Ultrabook courtesy of HP and The Register! Click here to enter!

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Bot herders try to resurrect Grum, fail

As you have probably already heard, the Grum botnet – formerly the third largest in the world – has been effectively shut down last week after several security researchers managed to coordinate the ta…

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Bot herders try to resurrect Grum, fail

New Zeus/SpyEye makes bots function as C&C servers

The latest build of the Zeus/SpyEye malware shows a change that could very well hamper the security researchers' ability to take down the botnets using it and to find out the criminals behind them. …

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