DDoS’d virtual server host’s hell continues Linode’s woes continue: the server hosting biz has just run a system-wide password reset on customer accounts after two Linode.com user credentials were discovered “on an external machine.”…
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Under-attack Linode resets passwords after logins leak onto web
Move follows 45-minute attack last Thursday Web host Moonfruit last night began putting its systems back online after taking down customers’ sites in order to upgrade defences in the face of a threatened DDoS attack, with the firm blaming a recent assault (which prompted the self-takedown) on the Armada Collective crew.…
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Web host Moonfruit defies Armada DDoS crew … by (temporarily) defeating itself
Skilled VXers have built 25 plugins, made 4000 variants, say crack security team Botconf One of the world’s most successful, oldest, and largest botnets is an underestimated and largely-unknown threat that has over time infected 15 million machines and made millions plundering bank accounts.…
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Ponmocup is the ’15 million’ machine botnet you’ve never heard of
Direct message command and control hides in the walla walla rhubarb. London security researcher Paul Amar has built a tool capable of exploiting Twitter’s extended direct messaging function for covert botnet command and control.…
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Twitter DM character limit liberation spells opportunity for botnets
Website unable to process online transactions Scandi finance house Swedbank has been hit by a DDoS attack, which has taken down access to online banking via its website.…
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Swedbank smacked by DDoS attack
Using blog site and Twitter to issue updates Secure webmail outfit ProtonMail is still fighting against a sustained DDoS attack that has left its service largely unavailable since Tuesday.…
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ProtonMail still under attack by DDoS bombardment
70% of sites trying to hide true IP address cough their secrets The real IP addresses of some 70 per cent of websites protected by popular distributed denial of service attack protection providers like CloudFlare, Prolexic and Incapsula can be revealed using a simple web tool built on newly uncovered flaws, according to a recent paper.…
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DDoS defences spiked by CloudPiercer tool – paper