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Microsoft confirms DDoS attacks against M365, Azure Portal

The Microsoft 365 and Azure Portal outages users expirienced this month were caused by Layer 7 DDoS attacks, Microsoft has confirmed on Friday. The DDoS attacks against Microsoft 365 and Azure Portal Throughout the first half June 2023 Microsoft confirmed, at various times, ongoing issues with its cloud-based services – Microsoft 365 (including Outlook on the web and OneDrive) and Azure Portal – but did not say at the time that they were caused by … More ? The post Microsoft confirms DDoS attacks against M365, Azure Portal appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Get rekt: Two years in clink for game-busting DDoS brat DerpTrolling

It’s all lulz until someone goes to prison Austin Thompson, aka DerpTrolling, who came to prominence in 2013 by launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against major video game companies, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison by a federal court .…

World’s worst botnet fiends switch from ransomware to stock scam spam

IT LIVES! Cybercriminals behind the Necurs botnet have reactivated the zombie network and returned to their original business of using compromised machines as conduits for spam distribution.…

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World’s worst botnet fiends switch from ransomware to stock scam spam

Why a Dyre infection leads to more than just stolen banking credentials

The Dyre/Dyreza information-stealer has without a doubt filled the vacuum generated by the 2014 and 2015 law enforcement takedowns of botnet infrastructure of several prominent financial Trojan groups…

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Why a Dyre infection leads to more than just stolen banking credentials

Week in review: DDoS attacks becoming more effective, and how to build trust between business and IT

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, articles and interviews: Gathering and using threat intelligence In this interview, Tomer Teller, Security Innovation Manager at…

When ZOMBIES attack: DDoS traffic triples as 20Gbps becomes the new normal

Junk traffic mostly floods in from botnets DDoS traffic has more than trebled since the start of 2013, according to a new study released on Thursday that fingers zombie networks as the primary source of junk traffic that can be used to flood websites.…

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When ZOMBIES attack: DDoS traffic triples as 20Gbps becomes the new normal