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Bitcoin Exchange MtGox Faced Massive Hacker Offensives Last Month
Mar 9, 2014Bitcoin exchange MtGox faced massive hacker offensives last month, coming under some 150,000 DDoS attacks per second for several days ahead of its spectacular failure, a report said Sunday. The Tokyo-based exchange, which filed for ...
Tags: Bitcoin, Consumer Electronics
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Arbor Networks Has Released Its 9th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report
Feb 13, 2014Arbor Networks has released its 9th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, which has found a 36 percent increase in organisations targeted by Advanced Persistent Threats. Based on survey data provided by service provider, ...
Tags: Infrastructure Security
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Two 'sinister Playground Bullies' Have Been Jailed for a Brazen Attempt
Dec 23, 2013Two “sinister playground bullies” have been jailed for a brazen attempt to extort a 50 percent share of a Manchester-based online casino using the threat of DDoS attacks capable of taking the business offline. Polish ...
Tags: Casino Firm, DDoS
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One Well-Known Gang of Hackers Contributed to Cyberattacks on South Korea
Jun 26, 2013One well-known gang of hackers contributed to cyberattacks on South Korea on Tuesday, which coincided with the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War, according to analysis from Symantec. The attacks on Tuesday disabled websites, ...
Tags: Cyberattacks, South Korea, Symantec
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Wall Street Plans to Hold a Simulated Cyber-Attack Against Equity Markets This Month
Jun 19, 2013Wall Street plans to hold a simulated cyber-attack against equity markets this month that experts hope will set an example of how industries should test their defences against assailants. Called Quantum Dawn 2, the drill will involve big ...
Tags: Wall Street, Security Defences
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ISC Has Patched a Publicly Disclosed Vulnerability That Called BIND 9
Jun 8, 2013The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), the organization that develops and maintains the widely used BIND DNS (Domain Name System) software, has patched a publicly disclosed vulnerability that can be used to remotely crash DNS servers ...
Tags: Computer Products
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DDoS Could Be Related Have in The Past Few Days Slammed The DNS Servers
Jun 4, 2013Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that could be related have in the past few days slammed the DNS servers of at least three providers of domain name management and DNS hosting services. DNSimple, easyDNS and TPP Wholesale all ...
Tags: DDoS Attacks, DNS
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Most Financial Services Organisations Have No Budget to Deal with The Cyber Attacks
May 31, 2013Most financial services organisations (even the largest ones) have admitted that they do not have the budget to deal with the largest cyber attacks, according to attendees of a recent forum. Comments made at Ballintrae's first IT Security ...
Tags: Cyber Attacks, Computer Products
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4 British Men Associated with The LulzSec Hacker Collective Received Prison Sentences Thur
May 20, 2013Four British men associated with the LulzSec hacker collective received prison sentences Thursday for their roles in cyberattacks launched by the group against corporate and government websites in 2011. Ryan Cleary , 21, Jake Davis, 20, ...
Tags: Computer Products, LulzSec hacker
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Colleges Should Scrutinize Their Systems to Keep Them From Being Hijacked in DDoS Attacks
May 14, 2013Colleges and universities are being encouraged to scrutinize their systems to keep them from being hijacked in DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks. The Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center ...
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A Man Suspected of Participating in a Attack Was Extradited From Spain to The Netherlands
May 10, 2013A 35-year-old Dutch man suspected of participating in a large DDoS attack on antispam organization Spamhaus was extradited from Spain to the Netherlands on Monday evening, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service said Wednesday. A judge in ...
Tags: software, Computer Products
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The Dutch Government Will Give Law Enforcement The Power to Hack Into Computer Systems
May 6, 2013The Dutch government today presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into computer systems -- including those located in foreign countires -- to do research, gather and copy evidence or block access to ...
Tags: Dutch Bill, Computer Products
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The Dutch Government on Thursday Presented a Draft Bill
May 6, 2013Ivo Opstelten, Dutch minister of Safety and Justice The Dutch government on Thursday presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into computer systems — including those located in foreign countries ...
Tags: Dutch Bill, Computer Products
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Mt. Gox Has Temporarily Shelved Plans to Support a Competing Currency, Litecoin
Apr 27, 2013Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has temporarily shelved plans to support a competing currency, litecoin, the company said Thursday. Mt. Gox, which is the largest bitcoin exchange, has been battling ongoing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) ...
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Mt. Gox Continues to Battle with Miscreants Manipulating The Price of The Virtual Currency
Apr 24, 2013The largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, is in a continuing battle with miscreants trying to manipulate the price of the virtual currency. Early Monday, Mt. Gox wrote on its Facebook page that it was once again struggling with a very large ...
Tags: Computer Products, software