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New Trojan for Android can mount DDoS attacks

26

Dec

2012

The Russian anti-virus vendor Doctor Web warns Internet users about a new malicious program for Android. TheAndroid.DDoS.1.origin can carry out DDoS-attacks on various internet resources and send short messages upon a corresponding command from criminals. After installation, Android.DDoS.1.origin creates an application icon, similar to that of Google Play. If the user decides to use the […]

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Syria goes dark

30

Nov

2012

The ATLAS infrastructure leverages Arbor Networks’ world-wide service provider customer base to gather data about Internet traffic patterns and threats. Currently 246 of Arbor’s customers are actively participating in the ATLAS program, and are sharing data on an hourly basis.The data shared includes information on the traffic crossing the boundaries of participating networks, and the […]

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Slapper

13

Sep

2012

Ten years ago, one of the largest Linux worm outbreaks was underway. Known as Slapper, this worm would infect Linux machines via an OpenSSL vulnerability. Infected Linux servers were organized into a P2P network which could then be used to launch DDoS attacks. Although Slapper was not the first Linux worm (at least ADMworm and […]

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