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MP-DDoser: A rapidly improving DDoS threat

07

Jun

2012

This blog post is the fifth installment in our ongoing series of articles surveying the crypto systems used by different DDoS-capable malware families. Today’s topic is MP-DDoser, also known as “IP-Killer” As far as we are aware, MP-DDoser was first documented in February 2012 by Arbor analyst Curt Wilson in his pioneering survey of modern […]

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Microsoft, Adobe Issue Critical Updates

11

Apr

2012

Tuesday was quite a day for IT administrators-for the month of April, both Microsoft and Adobe released patch loads repairing a slew of critical flaws that could easily pave the way for users to become victims of malicious attacks. For its April Patch Tuesday security bulletin, Microsoft released six updates repairing a total of 11 […]

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Anonymous attacks UK Prime Minister and Home Office websites with DDoS assault

08

Apr

2012

Anonymous hacktivists have launched a distributed denial-of-service attack against the websites of 10 Downing Street and the British government’s Home Office website, preventing legitimate users from visiting the sites by flooding them with unwanted internet traffic.The hacktivists, operating under the Anonymous banner, say that they have launched the action in support of Pentagon hacker Gary […]

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