What e-commerce companies think about DDoS protection
Prolexic announced the results of a survey of global e-commerce companies who were asked about DDoS protection and the effectiveness of different types of DDoS mitigation …
Centralizing threat intelligence to feed network defense systems
ThreatConnect announced the launch of a prototype that connects commercial security products with advanced threat intelligence through an open source standard known as the …
IBM unveils new cloud solution
IBM announced a new cloud solution that combines software analytics and cloud security services to fend off web-based DDoS attacks for organizations doing business on the web …
Attackers use smaller botnets to launch high-bandwidth attacks
DDoS perpetrators changed tactics in Q3 2013 to boost attack sizes and hide their identities, according to Prolexic. “This quarter, the major concern is that reflection …
Data visualization of global DDoS attacks
Arbor Networks have collaborated with Google Ideas to create a data visualization that maps global DDoS attacks. Google Ideas – a “think/do’ tank – …
DDoS attack size accelerating rapidly
Arbor Networks released data on global DDoS attack trends for the first three quarters of 2013. The data shows that DDoS continues to be a global threat, with alarming …
Several IT workers among “Operation Payback” indicted suspects
The latest batch of Anonymous hacktivists who took part in the 2010 Operation Payback against copyright organizations, law firms, US politicians, and financial and e-payment …
Two youngsters arrested for different DDoS attacks
Following the massive DDoS attack against anti-spam outfit Spamhaus earlier this year, a 35-year-old Dutch citizen believed to be Sven Kamphuis, the owner and manager of Dutch …
Amateur hacker behind DDoS attack on China?
When, in late August, China’s Domain Name Service was targeted by a huge DDoS attack which ultimately lead to many websites being completely inaccessible for a period of …
Too long passwords can DoS some servers
The discovery of a vulnerability in popular open source web application framework Django has recently demonstrated that using a long password is not always the best thing to …
Multiplayer games and DoS attacks
Prolexic, detailed the rampant problem of denial of service attacks within and from online gaming communities. The DDoS attacks, which can pack a powerful punch by the use of …
C&C PHP script for staging DDoS attacks sold on underground forums
Earlier this year, US-CERT has deemed it important to release an alert about publicly accessible open recursive DNS servers that are increasingly being used in DNS …
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