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DDoS Attacks Prove Costly, Could Top 800 Gbps in 2015: Research

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Apr

2014

The amount of distributed denial-of-service attacks jumped significantly in 2013, and dealing with them was not cheap, according to a new report from Neustar. In a survey of 450 companies in North America across various verticals, 60 percent reported experiencing a DDoS attack in 2013, up from just 35 percent in 2012. Generally, these attacks […]

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Basecamp Briefly Knocked Offline in DDoS Extortion Scheme

25

Mar

2014

Basecamp has become the latest victim of DDoS extortion attempt by cybercriminals. Formerly 37Signals, Basecamp is behind the popular management tool of the same name. According to the company, its network was targeted by attackers this morning who were looking for a quick score. The situation began at 8:36 a.m. CST. By 10:56 a.m., service […]

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Give me $300 or the website gets it!

04

Mar

2014

This past Thursday at 10:26AM, Meetup CEO Heiferman got a strange email. “A competitor asked me to perform a DDoS attack on your website. I can stop the attack for $300 USD. Let me know if you are interested in my offer.” Before Heiferman could finish reading the email, the site came under attack, swamped with […]

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