With the Target and Neiman Marcus breach being all over the news in the last few weeks, the topic of malware that collects card data directly from Point-of-Sale devices has received renewed interest. …
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DDoS attacks become smarter, faster and more severe
DDoS attacks will continue to be a serious issue in 2014 – as attackers become more agile and their tools become more sophisticated, according to Radware. Their report was compiled using data from ove…
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DDoS attacks become smarter, faster and more severe
Top 10 DDoS attack trends
Prolexic Technologies, a provider of DDoS protection services, published its top 10 attack trends for 2013. Throughout the year, metrics were collected from all DDoS attacks launched against the …
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Mobile applications being used for DDoS attacks
Prolexic Technologies reported that mobile applications are being used in DDoS attacks against enterprise customers. “The prevalence of mobile devices and the widespread availability of downloada…
WoW gamers targeted with trojanized Curse client
The DDoS attacks that temporarily took down Blizzard's Battle.net and Valve's Steam online gaming services over the end of the year holidays have undoubtedly annoyed players, but posed no danger to th…
ZeroAccess botnet down for good?
When Microsoft and various law enforcement agencies around the world disrupted the ZeroAccess botnet at the beginning of December, they did not expect to fully eliminate it. After all, the botnet …
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DDoS botnet spreading on Linux and Windows machines
A blended DDoS botnet consisting of both Windows and Linux machines has been detected by researchers working with the Polish CERT. The botnet is exclusively dedicated to mounting DDoS attacks, main…
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Mozilla blocks rogue add-on that made computers scan sites for flaws
A singular new botnet composed of over 12,500 infected computers has been used by its masters to effectively crowdsource the search for websites vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. As explained …
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Mozilla blocks rogue add-on that made computers scan sites for flaws
Week in review: Cryptolocker copycat, CyanogenMod's built-in SMS encryption, NSA uses Google cookies to track suspects
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: The DDoS debate: Multi-layered versus single solution There is a DDoS debate in the cybersecurity industry about whi…
DDoS attacks escalate, businesses still unprepared
Many businesses are failing to take adequate measures to protect themselves against the threat of a DDoS attack. A Corero Network Security survey of 100 companies revealed that in spite of the repo…
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DDoS attacks escalate, businesses still unprepared