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Hacking forum cuts section allegedly linked to DDoS attacks

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Oct

2016

An online hackers’ forum has deleted a section that allegedly offered paid distributed denial-of-service attacks, following last Friday’s massive internet disruption. HackForums.net will be shutting down the “Server Stress Testing” section, the site’s admin Jesse “Omniscient” LaBrocca said in a Friday posting. “I do need to make sure that we continue to exist and given […]

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Malware from Friday’s DDoS attack continues to harass in short bursts

28

Oct

2016

It’s still unclear who pulled off Friday’s massive internet disruption, but the malware largely responsible for the cyber attack has since assaulted new targets — possibly including video gamers. Since last Friday, botnets created by the Mirai malware have been launching distributed denial-of-service attacks at seemingly random targets, in short bursts, according to a security […]

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DDos On Dyn Used Malicious TCP, UDP Traffic

27

Oct

2016

Domain Name Service (DNS) provider Dyn provided new details about the massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Oct. 21 it suffered that disrupted major websites including Okta, CNN, Pinterest, Reddit, and Twitter, and confirmed that the infamous Mirai botnet was the main culprit. Scott Hilton, executive vice president of product for Dyn, in a blog […]

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