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Mirai Botnet Takes Down One Million German Routers
Mirai — the worm responsible for infecting tens of millions of IoT devices which were used as a botnet to DDoS managed DNS infrastructure provider Dyn in October — has evolved, and its new form has been used to take down nearly one million internet routers in Germany. KrebsOnSecurity reports that the…
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Internet Society Attacks State of Global Online Security
International non-profit the Internet Society (ISOC) has taken a long look at global online security, and it does not like what it sees. In a new report, prompted by a plethora of online attacks in 2016, the organisation surveyed 24,000 respondents across 54 countries and discovered that up to 93%…
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Angry Gamer Triggered Second Biggest DDoS of 2016
Last month, managed DNS infrastructure provider Dyn was hit by a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, taking out popular sites, such as Twitter, reddit, and Spotify in the process. While many, including cyberloon John McAfee, pointed the finger at the likes of North Korea and China for initiating…
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John McAfee Points Finger over Massive DDoS Attack
On Friday (21st October), a malicious party was responsible for a huge DDoS attack on Managed DNS infrastructure provider Dyn, taking out sites like Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify, and reddit in the process. The attack – which Dyn described as “global in nature” – involved tens of millions of IP addresses…
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Record-Breaking DDoS Was Delivered By 145k Hacked Cameras
DDoS attacks are nothing new, they’re going on all the time around the web, taking down websites, companies, stores, you name it. However, the attack that recently took down KrebsOnSecurity website knocked the site out for 24 hours with what is now believed to be a record-breaking 620 gigabit-per-second DDoS attack.…
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Is Someone Plotting to Take Down the Whole Internet?
A renowned security technologist has revealed that someone – possibly Chinese or Russian – is planning to take down the online infrastructures that effectively run the internet. Bruce Scheler, a cybersecurity expert and writer for Lawfare, believes a large nation state “has been probing the defenses of the companies that…
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Hacking Group Claim Responsibility for Pokemon GO Servers Being Down
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past month, you’ll know about Pokemon Go. The monster collecting augmented reality game has taken the world by storm, despite it’s staggered launch schedule around the world. Unfortunately for the mass of would be Pokemon trainers worldwide, the game has…
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Lizard Squad Using CCTV Cameras to DDoS People
Lizard Squad were made famous when they claimed responsibility for the outage of both Playstation’s and Xbox’s multiplayer over the Christmas period. Since then they have appeared occasionally in the news, mostly when a member of theirs was arrested and charged. It would sadly seem that the group is still up to…
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BotNet of CCTV Cameras Discovered
When it comes to using computers, a lot of us feel out of depth when warnings and unwanted pop-ups create unexpected situations that can cost us hours in time as we figure out the issues. It would seem someone has found a way of converting your everyday internet connected CCTV…
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Ubisoft Blunder Gives Away Your IP Address in Rainbow Six
When it comes to online gaming, every advantage is one that players will often try to use. These advantages can either be an upgraded piece of hardware or a new gaming mouse or keyboard but for some, they will go to extreme lengths, such as using DDoS (Distributed Denial of…
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DDoS Extortionists Are Getting Paid Without a Single DDoS Attack
DDoS (Distributed Denial Of Service) attacks are on the rise, with more and more people suffering from the online attack. These attacks tend to hit companies and businesses sites, or even gaming networks and result in people losing access to their favourite sites or even the ability to talk to their…
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Hackers Leave Advice for Breached Security Company
Security firm Staminus servers have been taken offline today, following a supposedly successful cyber-attack on their network. The Newport Beach, California-based hosting and distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection company went down at 8 am EST on Thursday, with the company communicating details of the event via Twitter citing it as…
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DDoS Attacks Increase by 148.85 Percent
DDoS attacks are becoming more prevalent each year, and a real nuisance for service providers trying to effectively run a network. The idea behind these attacks is to overwhelm a website or network service with traffic to cause temporary disruption. It’s unclear why people engage in these measures, but perhaps…
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Phantom Squad Threatens Week-Long Xbox Live and PSN Attack over Christmas
Following its attack on Xbox Live earlier this week, hacker group Phantom Squad has threatened to take down both Xbox Live and PlayStation Network for a week over Christmas, calling its first successful attempt a demonstration, The Independent reports. The Twitter account that Phantom Squad used to make these threats…
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Xbox Live Hit by Phantom Squad DDoS Attack
Only a few days ago, the “hacking group” known as Phantom Squad threatened to shut down Xbox Live and PlayStation Network during the Christmas period. Before I move onto today’s development, please note that the press shouldn’t really be referring to groups like Lizard Squad and Phantom Squad as hacking…
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