Tag: Distributed Denial Of Service
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DDoS Attacks Cresting Amid Pandemic
The number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks spiked in the second quarter of 2020, researchers said. According to the latest …
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Man who made $542,925 renting out DDoS services sentenced to prison
A 21-year-old man who made half a million dollars running DDoS-for-hire services has been sentenced to prison for 13 months. Between August …
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Europol Now Going After People Who Bought DDoS-for-Hire Services
If you were a buyer of any online DDoS-for-hire service, you might be in trouble. After taking down and arresting the operators of the …
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Bitcoin Core Software Patches a Critical DDoS Attack Vulnerability
The Bitcoin Core development team has released an important update to patch a major DDoS vulnerability in its underlying software that …
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Memcached Servers Abused for Massive Amplification DDoS Attacks
Cybercriminals have figured out a way to abuse widely-used Memcached servers to launch over 51,000 times powerful DDoS attacks than their …
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Hackers threaten seven major South Korean banks of a cyber attack, ask for ransom
A hacker group has threatened a cyber attack against seven major South Korean banks if they do not pay 360 million won ($315,000) in the virtual currency bitcoin. The group, called Armada Collective, has threatened to carry out a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack if the demanded money is not paid by June 26, South Korean…
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New Apache HTTP Server Release Fixes Authentication Bypass, Denial-of-Service Flaws
The Apache HTTP Server Project has released security fixes for the 2.4.x and 2.2.x versions of the world’s most widely used web server software. The Apache HTTPd 2.4.26, released Monday, is a security release that contains patches for five vulnerabilities rated important. Read full news article on The New Stack
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VeriSign says first quarter of 2017 saw a decline in DDoS attacks
Although, the first quarter of 2017 saw a 23 per cent decrease in the number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, the average peak attack size increased 26 per cent compared to the previous quarter, a new report revealed on Wednesday. According to VeriSign, a global leader in domain names and internet security, attackers…
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