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CloudFlare goes down, cites router issue in DDoS attack
CloudFlare’s web security service went down for about an hour starting at 2:47 PDT Sunday morning, taking its customers down with it. The service was back up at 3:49 PDT, according to a post-mortem. CloudFlare attributed the outage to a system-wide failure of its Juniper e... read more
How Much Does A Botnet Cost?
The cost of a botnet is contingent largely upon the physical location of the malware-infected computers inside of it. Therefore, a botnet containing only American or European machines is worth more than one with machines from less prosperous nations.
Security researcher Dancho... read more
Tech bazaar Aria puts £10K bounty on heads of DDoS varmints
Manchester-based reseller Aria PC is offering a £10,000 bounty for information leading to the conviction of miscreants who hit its websites with a sustained denial-of-service attack this week.
In a forum post, Aria said it had already reported packet-flooding assaults again... read more
The Three Elements of Defense Against Denial-of-Service Attacks
Denial-of-service (DoS) or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are the insidious enemy of many enterprises. These attacks, which attempt to disrupt legitimate use of an organization’s website or other network resources, rely on brute force to use all of a serverâ... read more
UFCU Confirms It Was DDoS Victim
“We were down for about two hours,†said Steve Ewers, chief information officer and a vice president at the $1.5 billion Austin, Texas, institution.
In January, UFCU was also hit by a DDoS attack that knocked it offline for around two and one-half hours.
Patelc... read more
Reanimating Botnet Domains Delivers Clues to Cold Cases
Security researchers and defenders are using increasingly aggressive tactics to put pressure on attackers and make their adversaries' mistakes more costly. In the latest example, managed security firm Dell Secureworks discovered a successful campaign that stole information from a... read more
DDoS Attacks on Banks Resume
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters has launched a new wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks against U.S. banks and credit unions, and experts say institutions can expect more incidents in the coming days.
Just after 10 a.m. ET on Feb. 25, the opening day of RSA Confer... read more
DDoS: Terrorism or legitimate form of protest?
If your neighbor doesn't like that you watch certain TV shows, is it okay for him to come over and smash your TV?
If your neighbor doesn't like the gas guzzler you drive, is it ethical for him to take a sledge hammer to your car?
If your neighbor doesn't like the books you ... read more
Application-based DDoS attacks are on the rise, warns Gartner
DDoS attacks cost enterprises $3.5 million every year, says Ponemon. This year, one-quarter of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) will be application-based, predicted research firm Gartner. During application-based attacks, hackers send out targeted commands to applicat... read more
Hackers' attacks overwhelming security officers, consultants
Dire warnings from Washington about a "cyber Pearl Harbor" envision a single surprise strike from a formidable enemy that could destroy power plants nationwide, disable the financial system or cripple the U.S. government.
But those on the front lines say it isn't all about prote... read more
