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Use P-to-P Communications Has Increased Fivefold During The Past 12 Months
Jun 5, 2013The number of malware samples that use P-to-P (peer-to-peer) communications has increased fivefold during the past 12 months, according to researchers from security firm Damballa. The largest contributors to this increase are advanced ...
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DDoS Attackers Attempted to Bring Down an Unnamed Financial Services Firm
Jun 3, 2013DDoS attackers attempted to bring down an unnamed financial services firm earlier this week using one of the largest traffic bombardments ever recorded, mitigation firm Prolexic has reported. The 167 Gbps peak attack hit what is being ...
Tags: DDoS Attack, Financial Firm
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Security Researchers From Damballa Have Found a New Variant of The Pushdo Malware
May 20, 2013Security researchers from Damballa have found a new variant of the Pushdo malware that's better at hiding its malicious network traffic and is more resilient to coordinated takedown efforts. The Pushdo Trojan program dates back to early ...
Tags: Pushdo Botnet, Takedown Attempts
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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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HP on Monday Unveiled Its Big Data Security Strategy
Feb 27, 2013HP on Monday unveiled its Big Data Security strategy, describing how combining the enterprise search and knowledge management resources from its Autonomy subsidiary with its ArcSight security-event and information management (SIEM) can ...
Tags: HP, Big Data Security Strategy, SIEM
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Cross-Site Scripting Attacks Increased by an Estimated 160 Per Cent
Jan 29, 2013Cloud hosting company FireHost has claimed that cross-site scripting attacks increased by an estimated 160 per cent in the final quarter of 2012. The company claims that it has detected a spike in what it calls a "superfecta" of attempted ...
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Security Researchers Have Uncovered a Piece of Malware That Uses Google Docs
Jan 4, 2013IDG News Service-Security researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec have uncovered a piece of malware that uses Google Docs,which is now part of Google Drive,as a bridge when communicating with attackers in order to hide the malicious ...
Tags: malware, Google Docs, proxy, Google drive
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Some Cloud Providers Fail to Detect and Block Malicious Traffic Originating
Jan 4, 2013Some cloud providers fail to detect and block malicious traffic originating from their networks, which provides cybercriminals with an opportunity to launch attacks in a botnet-like fashion, according to a report from Australian security ...
Tags: cloud providers, botnets, cybercriminals, malicious traffic
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A Typical Web Application Is The Target of an Attack at Least One in Three Days on Average
Dec 31, 2012A typical Web application is the target of an attack at least one in three days on average,according to a report released by data security firm Imperva. The third edition of Imperva's semi-annual Web Application Attack ...
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Researchers Identified a Botnet Controlled by Its Creators Over The Tor Anonymity Network
Dec 31, 2012Security researchers have identified a botnet controlled by its creators over the Tor anonymity network. It's likely that other botnet operators will adopt this approach, according to the team from vulnerability assessment and penetration ...
Tags: Security researcher, botnet, Tor network, DDoS
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Cybercriminals Are Using Computers Infected with a Particular Piece of Malware
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - Cybercriminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec. ...
Tags: Cybercriminals, computer, malware, commercial proxy service
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The Wave of Cyberattacks Against a Half-Dozen U.S. Financial Institutions Has Subsided
Dec 24, 2012The wave of cyberattacks against a half-dozen U.S. financial institutions has subsided this week, but the recent demonstration of force shows a careful honing of destructive techniques that could continue to cause headaches. The attacks ...
Tags: cyberattacks, financial institutions, could, banking websites
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Cyber Criminals Use Computers Infected with Malware to Power a Commercial Proxy Service
Dec 19, 2012Cyber criminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec. Three months ...
Tags: Black Market, malware, Proxy, Symantec, Computers
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Some Cloud Providers Fail to Detect & Block Malicious Traffic Originating From Networks
Dec 17, 2012Some cloud providers fail to detect and block malicious traffic originating from their networks, which provides cyber criminals with an opportunity to launch attacks in a botnet-like fashion, according to a report from security consultancy ...
Tags: cloud provider, network, security consultancy, BAE System