Posts Tagged ‘Spamhaus’

Spamhaus Asks Authorities to Charge Other DDoS Attack Suspects

Jul

2014

Spamhaus has thanked the law enforcement community for bringing to justice some of the individuals suspected of being responsible for the massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack launched against the organization’s systems in March 2013, but wants other alleged conspirators to also be charged.

Category Security Threats & Malware Written by SecurityWeek 0 Comments

CloudFlare Customer Hit by 400 Gbps NTP-Based DDOS Attack

Feb

2014

The DNS amplification distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack that targeted Spamhaus last year was said to be the largest one until that point. However, an even bigger attack has been observed by content delivery network CloudFlare. Over the past period, experts have often warned about DDOS attacks that abuse the Network Time Protocol (NTP). These types […]

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Botnet Owners Feeling “Grum” After Takedown

Jul

2012

A coordinated effort lead by security researchers at FireEye and Spamhaus has resulted in the takedown of one of the largest spam botnets in the threat landscape. The botnet, known as Grum, was reportedly responsible for close to a third of the world’s spam email traffic.We’ve been watching the developments carefully here at Symantec and […]

Category General Written by Symantec Security Response Blog 0 Comments

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