New paper points to security protocol as vector for DDoS attacks The complex security protocol for the domain name system – DNSSEC – has another black mark against it: it is being used as a way to carry out denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.…
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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
Israeli academics claim they can predict botnet attacks
Isolated attacks can add up to concerted malbot action , say boffins Ben Gurion University researchers have developed a tool capable of predicting future botnet attacks while also distinguishing between human and automated campaigns.…
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Israeli academics claim they can predict botnet attacks
Irish government websites hit by widening DDoS attacks
First they came for the forums. Then the lottery. Now… A number of Irish government-related and public sector websites were knocked offline by an apparent DDoS attack on Friday morning.…
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Irish government websites hit by widening DDoS attacks
Ad-clicking bots predicted to rip US$7.2 billion from Mad Men
Could it be bots that fall for for those ‘One Weird Trick’ ads? Here’s hoping! Botnets will inflict a massive US$7.2 billion in damages against online advertisers this year according to research by ad security company White Ops.…
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Ad-clicking bots predicted to rip US$7.2 billion from Mad Men
Boards.ie floored by DDoS assault
Irish forum goes away with the fairies for a while Productivity in the Emerald Isle may have peaked on Tuesday with an outage of popular forum boards.ie coming on top of Twitter’s TITSUP moment.…
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Boards.ie floored by DDoS assault
Cybercops cuff two in hunt for DDoS extortion masterminds
Zombie master suspects tracked to Bosnia An international police investigation against the DD4BC DDoS extortion gang has led to one suspect being arrested and one detained, Europol said on Tuesday.…
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Cybercops cuff two in hunt for DDoS extortion masterminds
Under-attack Linode resets passwords after logins leak onto web
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
Day 2: UK research network Janet still being slapped by DDoS attack
DNS services appear to be targeted, switching may work Members of UK’s academic community from freshers to senior academics are facing more connection issues today as a persistent and continuous DDoS attack against the academic computer network Janet continues to stretch resources.…
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Day 2: UK research network Janet still being slapped by DDoS attack
White hats, FBI and cops team up for Dorkbot botnet takedown
Your four-year reign of terror is (temporarily) over Operations of the Dorkbot botnet have been disrupted following an operation that brought together law enforcement agencies led by the FBI, Interpol and Europol, and various infosec firms.…
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White hats, FBI and cops team up for Dorkbot botnet takedown