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Win32/Flooder.Ramagedos botnet participating in DDoS related to elections in Russia

12

Dec

2011

Russia has been in the news for the last week, with thousands of protesters taking to the street to protest against alleged irregularities in the elections held on December 4th. There are also multiple reports of attempts to silence protesters on the Internet, such as DDoS attacks against websites used by the political opposition, the use […]

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Russian election ‘cyber attack’ brings down websites

05

Dec

2011

Could elections in Russia have resulted in internet attacks on websites claiming that the vote was being fixed? This weekend’s vote, which saw a slump in support for the United Russia party of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev, has taken place against a backdrop of arrests, claims of election violations, and – […]

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Firewalls Can’t Keep up With DDoS Attacks

13

Nov

2011

Companies still rely heavily on firewalls to defend themselves against denial-of-service attacks despite the fact that this class of device is often not up to the task, a new survey by F5 Networks has found. The survey of 1000 medium and large organizations in ten countries found that up to 45 percent of respondents experience […]

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