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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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Is the AnonyUpload file-sharing website for real?

24

Jan

2012

The takedown of the MegaUpload website, and the arrest of its founders on copyright infringement charges, certainly upset the applecart. Earlier this week, for instance, we saw Anonymous launch denial-of-service attacks against US government and entertainment industry websites, tricking innocent people into clicking on links which recruited their unwitting computers into the assault. In addition, […]

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Solutions Now Available for Apache Killer

07

Sep

2011

If you are a frequent reader of this blog, more or less you are already familiar with denial-of-service (DoS) attack. This attack typically targets a specific systems or servers and “floods” it with information in order to prevent legitimate users to access the information or service. This time around, we have observed a DoS attack […]

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