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DDoS attacks targeting traditional telecom systems

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Jul

2012

DDoS affects many types of systems. Some have used the term TDoS to refer to DDoS or DoS attacks on telecommunications systems (Telecommunications Denial of Service). This is just another application for a DDoS attack, and was mentioned in 2010 by law enforcement and since discussed on a variety of blogs. Typical motives can be […]

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DDoS Attacks: The Zemra Bot

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Jun

2012

Symantec has become aware of a new Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) crimeware bot known as “Zemra” and detected by Symantec as Backdoor.Zemra. Lately, this threat has been observed performing denial-of-service attacks against organizations with the purpose of extortion. Zemra first appeared on underground forums in May 2012 at a cost of ?100.Figure 1. Zemra […]

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Dishigy dishes out the DDoS and we dig deeper…

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May

2012

The May edition of the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool saw the inclusion of two new malware families: Win32/Unruy and Win32/Dishigy. Let’s dig a bit deeper into Dishigy and the nature of Denial of Service.So, bear with me while I take you back to security 101.A Denial of Service (DoS) attack is a pretty straightforward […]

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