Some Android devices are affected by a Denial of Service attack when scanning for WiFi Direct devices, according to Andres Blanco from the CoreLabs Team. An attacker could send a specially crafted …
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2014 in infosec: Spammers sneak small botnets under the wire, Java is dull
Crims also move to Silverlight, according to Cisco Cisco’s annual report on the state of global cybersecurity claims spammers just won’t die and are using new tactics to avoid detection by filters; malware programmers are abandoning exploiting Java; and there’s a possible silver cloud in the Sony Pictures hacking storm.…
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2014 in infosec: Spammers sneak small botnets under the wire, Java is dull
Lizard Squad’s DDoS website hacked, unencrypted customer database stolen
The hacker group that calls itself the “Lizard Squad” has received another serious blow: LizardStresser(dot)su, the website where customers go to rent their DDoS service powered by a botnet of mostly …
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Lizard Squad’s DDoS website hacked, unencrypted customer database stolen
Sony FINGERS DDoS attackers for ruining PlayStation’s Xmas
Malefactors turned festivities into a turkey for online gamers Sony has blamed distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attackers for causing PlayStation’s network to go titsup on Christmas Day.…
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Sony FINGERS DDoS attackers for ruining PlayStation’s Xmas
PlayStation clambers back online days after DDoS attack PARALYSED network
Gaming service STILL struggling to return to life Updated Sony’s PlayStation network is slowly returning to normal service roughly 48 hours after it was hit by another major distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Christmas Day.…
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PlayStation clambers back online days after DDoS attack PARALYSED network
PlayStation clambers back online 48 hours after DDoS attack CRIPPLED network
Titsup gaming service struggling to return to life Sony’s PlayStation network is slowly returning to normal service roughly 48 hours after it was hit by another major denial-of-service attack on Christmas Day.…
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PlayStation clambers back online 48 hours after DDoS attack CRIPPLED network
Rackspace restored after DDOS takes out DNS
25-hour incident blocked traffic from reaching rackspace.com and some subdomains Rackspace says it has recovered from a nasty distributed denial of service attack that it says may have seen “a portion of legitimate traffic to our DNS infrastructure … inadvertently blocked.”…
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Rackspace restored after DDOS takes out DNS
Sony Pictures hit by ‘fightback on filesharers’ DDoS claims – report
War on Guardians of Peace? Sony Pictures is alleged to have conducted a retaliatory DDoS attack against websites currently holding its leaked information for public download, according to a media report.…
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Asian mobiles the DDOS threat of 2015, security mob says
Beware traffic from hacked Vietnam, India and Indonesia fondleslabs Vietnam, India and Indonesia will be the distributed denial of service volcanoes of next year due to the profieration of pwned mobiles, according to DDoS security bod Shawn Marck.…
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Asian mobiles the DDOS threat of 2015, security mob says
Dormant IP addresses RIPE for hijacking
‘That’s not us spamming, honest’ cries hosting firm Spammers are using loop holes in the internet routing registry to commandeer address space and pump out junk mail, and potentially launch denial of service attacks and steal traffic.…
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Dormant IP addresses RIPE for hijacking