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Geopolitical events fuel uptick in region-specific DDoS attacks

An attack research group was the No.1 target of DDoS attacks, and the Middle East region also saw a sharp increase in attacks last quarter, according to Nexusguard. Researchers found the attack type of choice against researchers was NTP, with some victims receiving attacks almost daily. The increase in attacks against researchers contributed to the spike in popularity of NTP-style attacks, taking back the No.1 spot from DNS vulnerabilities. “Low-level attacks are usually not intended … More ?

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New application level attack bodes ill for hybrid DDoS protection

Imperva has recently witnessed a new type of DDoS attack they believe might become a go-to for cyber criminals looking to take sites and services down. The attack was an application layer DDoS attack, aimed at exhausting a target server’s RAM and CPU resources. But unlike previous ones they have seen, this one was “ginormous.” “While deadly to servers, application layer attacks are not especially large in volume. Nor do they have to be, as … More ?

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Calculate the cost and probability of a DDoS attack

DDoS attacks are becoming increasingly larger, more complex, and perpetrated by cyber extortionist instead of hacktivists and vandals, according to a recent survey from Arbor Networks. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that the DDoS mitigation market earned revenues of $449.5 million in 2014 and estimates this to more than double to $977.2 million by 2019. DDoS Downtime Calculator Incapsula’s DDoS Downtime Calculator is designed to help you assess the risks associated with an … More ?

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7 Iranians indicted for cyber attacks on US banks and a dam

The US Justice Department unsealed on Thursday an indictment charging seven Iranian computer specialists for conducting a coordinated campaign of distributed denial of service attacks against 46 major companies, primarily in the US financial sector, from late 2011 through mid-2013. The individuals – Ahmad Fathi; Hamid Firoozi; Amin Shokohi; Sadegh Ahmadzadegan, a/k/a Nitr0jen26; Omid Ghaffarinia, a/k/a PLuS; Sina Keissar; and Nader Saedi, a/k/a Turk Server – were employed by two Iran-based computer companies, ITSecTeam and … More ?

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Is your WordPress site being misused for DDoS attacks?

Many WordPress websites are still being misused to perform layer 7 DDoS attacks against target servers, even though preventing them from participating in these attacks is as simple as disabling the pingback feature. “If you are not familiar with the terminology, Layer 7 attacks (also known as http flood attacks) are a type DDoS attack that disrupts your server by exhausting its resources at the application layer, instead of the network layer,” Sucuri Security CTO … More ?

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