Enormous network of hijacked zombie servers threatens to batter everything in its path Cybercrooks have built a network of compromised Linux servers capable of blowing websites and other systems off the internet with at least 150Gbps of junk traffic.…
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Linux-powered botnet lets rip on victims with 180Gbps network floods
Akamai shared details of an increase in DDoS attacks from the Bitcoin extortionist group DD4BC, based on observation of attack traffic targeted at customers from September 2014 through August 2015. …
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Aggressive tactics from DD4BC extortionist group revealed
Laying waste to human, elf, dwarf and orc alike, all for the love of gold Running botnets-for-hire to mount DDoS attacks has become cheaper and easier than ever, according to a new research.…
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Unable to log on to online games? Blame cheap-rate DDoSers
Cough up or we’ll blitz you again, scum tell hapless marks Bitcoin extortionists DD4BC have begun targeting Scandinavian companies with complex DDoS attacks.…
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Bitcoin blackmail gang start hurling DDoSes at Scandinavia
Home-baked encryption followed the wrong recipe Yet another proprietary implementation of a popular protocol has turned up unexpected vulnerabilities, with SAP’s data compression software open to remote code execution and denial-of-service exploits.…
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SAP crypto offers customers choice of remote code execution or denial of service
Resulting mess will be hellishly difficult to clear up, say researchers Hackers have established “self-sustaining” botnets of poorly secured routers, according to DDoS mitigation firm Incapsula.…
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Home routers co-opted into self-sustaining DDoS botnet
Ne’er-do-wells: ‘Hey.’ Dumb servers: ‘WHAT?’ Targets: ‘AAARGH’ DDoS attacks have grown in volume yet again with 25 attacks larger than 100Gbps globally in Q1 2015, according to the latest stats from DDoS mitigation firm Arbor Networks.…
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DDoSsers use reflection amplification to crank up the volume to 100Gbps+
The increasing number and size of DDoS attacks and their costly and devastating effects on brand perception have not passed unnoticed by North American businesses, most of which have heightened their …
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DDoS threat recognized by all members of the C-suite
In order to provide organizations insight into the most insidious and pervasive banking botnets currently being used to target financial institutions and their clients, Dell SecureWorks released at RS…
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Banking botnets persist despite takedowns
Cisco has patched a vulnerability that affects Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers and can be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to effectively mount a denial of service at…
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Cisco splats router bug that can lead to persistent DoS