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Mobile Ad Network Abused in DDoS Attack: CloudFlare

28

Sep

2015

One of #cloudflare’s customers was recently hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that appeared to leverage a mobile ad network and malicious JavaScript. JavaScript-based DDoS attacks have been classified as Layer 7 attacks because they rely on apparently legitimate HTTP requests. Experts have been warning about the possibility of such attacks since 2010, but […]

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Cyber crooks go after enterprise millions with Dyre malware, social engineering

08

Apr

2015

“An experienced and resource-backed cybercrime gang” is using the relatively new Dyre/Dyreza banking Trojan coupled with effective social engineering to steal millions from businesses, IBM Security Intelligence researchers John Kuhn and Lance Mueller warned. The campaign, dubbed “Dyre Wolf” is still active, and starts with spear-phishing emails delivered to enterprise employees, some of which are tricked […]

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Half of companies under DDoS attack have critical data stolen

31

Mar

2015

Neustar surveyed IT professionals from across EMEA to understand the impact of DDoS attacks. 40 percent of companies estimate hourly losses of over £100,000 at peak times during a DDoS outage, a 470 percent rise since the last Neustar survey almost a year ago. Multiple attacks are also becoming more prevalent and are lasting even […]

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