This is kind of a big deal because the mess is in 14.04 LTS, expiry date 2019 Ubuntu has patched four Linux kernel vulnerabilities that allowed for arbitrary code execution and denial of service attacjs.…
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US charges Iranians with hacking into an NY dam, blasting banks offline
Alleged cyber-crims unleashed 140Gbps of duff packets at networks The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged seven Iranian hackers over a string of high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against banks.…
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US charges Iranians with hacking into an NY dam, blasting banks offline
Swedish sysadmins reach for the hex key, reassemble services after weekend DDoS
News sites bork-bork-borked for spreading ‘false propaganda’ News outlets in Sweden went dark over the weekend in the face of a large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.…
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DDoS protection biz Incapsula knackers its customers’ websites
An unwelcome PITSTOP Glitches at distributed denial-of-service mitigation biz Incapsula left the websites it defends offline twice on Thursday.…
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Cyber-crooks now prefer ransomware to botnets. Yep, firms are paying up
CryptoWall most prevalent nasty – survey File-encrypting ransomware has eclipsed botnets to become the main threat to enterprises, according to Trend Micro.…
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Cyber-crooks now prefer ransomware to botnets. Yep, firms are paying up
VIDEO: What is a DDoS attack?
A distributed denial of service (or DDoS) attack is an attempt to take a website offline by overwhelming it with internet traffic.
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DDoS attacks up 149 percent as brassy booter kids make bank
Akamai report finds surge in weighty packets. The number of distributed denial of service attacks rose 149 percent in dying months of 2015 according to Akamai’s networking wonks.…
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Google punts freebie DDoS shield to hacks, human rights worthies
Reverse proxying traffic might save headaches Google has launched a free service to protect news websites against DDoS attacks.…
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Google punts freebie DDoS shield to hacks, human rights worthies
Palo Alto reveals critical bugs and March 16th patch deadline
Researcher who found the flaws will reveal crim-friendly details in three weeks Palo Alto Networks has revealed four new nasties, one of which can allow remote code execution and DDOS attacks on its boxen, and given users until March 16th to patch them.…
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Palo Alto reveals critical bugs and March 16th patch deadline
HSBC online services still offline following ‘attack’ on bank
Oh no – not again! Updated HSBC customers were once again locked out of online banking this morning, following an apparent DDoS attack on the bank.…
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HSBC online services still offline following ‘attack’ on bank