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OSCE Confirms ‘Major’ Cyber Attack

03

Jan

2017

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, said it had become the latest global institution to suffer a “major” cyber attack.

The Vienna-based OSCE has its origins in the Cold War but after 1991 it expanded and now has 57 member states including the United States, Russia and Ukraine.

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Massive Attack from New Leet Botnet Reaches 650 Gbps

29

Dec

2016

Just before Christmas, Imperva found its network under a massive DDoS assault that reached 650 Gbps (Gigabit per second), making it one of the largest known DDoS attacks on record. Powered by what Imperva is calling the Leet Botnet, the attack occurred on the morning of Dec. 21, and was delivered against several anycasted IPs on […]

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‘Distributed guessing’ attack lets hackers verify Visa card details

05

Dec

2016

Add credit card fraud to the list of things that distributed processing can speed up. An e-commerce site will typically block a credit card number after 10 or 20 failed attempts to enter the corresponding expiry date and CVV (card verification value), making life difficult for fraudsters who don’t have a full set of credentials. […]

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