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results for 'ddos'

Russia

State suspected in LiveJournal DDoS attacks

DDoS attacks on LiveJournal go after an anti-corruption blogger, leading some to speculate about Russian state involvement.

By Tom Brewster, 7 Apr 2011 at 09:05

Security/News

Hacker

UK firms confess cyber crime fears

Report from Detica suggests UK plc is feeling the pressure from computer hackers and activists.

By Caroline Donnelly, 17 May 2012 at 13:28

Security/News

Computer hacker

Anonymous attack takes down Home Office

Hacking group makes good on pledge to stage Saturday night attacks on Government sites.

By Caroline Donnelly, 10 Apr 2012 at 15:13

Hacking/News

Cyber crime

PCeU saves UK economy over £140m

The PCeU proves its worth by saving the UK a tonne of money, whilst security vendors do their bit in taking down another botnet.

By Tom Brewster, 3 Oct 2011 at 10:52

Security/News

PayPal

Anonymous, LulzSec go legal in PayPal war?

Anonymous and LulzSec claim success already in attempts to get people to ditch their PayPal accounts.

By Tom Brewster, 27 Jul 2011 at 09:52

Security/News

Hacker

4chan activists attack film industry sites

A number of film industry bodies have been targeted by a large group of activists hungry for revenge.

By Tom Brewster, 20 Sep 2010 at 11:30

Security/News

Cyber criminals

Cyber criminals charge just £6 for access to a botnet

New research has shown cyber criminals are renting out botnets for under £6 per hour.

By Jennifer Scott, 24 May 2010 at 17:26

Security/News

denial of service

Need to Know: Denial of Service

Twitter and Facebook were hit by a denial of service attack yesterday - but what exactly does this mean?

By Nicole Kobie, 7 Aug 2009 at 11:52

Security/News

Eyeball

GCHQ denies Anonymous website takedown claims

Government surveillance agency claims website unaffected by hacking group's latest DDoS attack.

By Caroline Donnelly, 23 Apr 2012 at 11:12

Hacking/News

Criminals hit back with DDoS attack on anti-fraud site

An anti-money laundering website is being hit by botnet computers in what looks to be a targeted worldwide attack.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 18 Nov 2008 at 16:42

Security/News

Hacker

ICO website taken down by Anonymous DDoS attack

The hacking group has repeatedly urged followers to attack the data protection watchdog's website.

By Caroline Donnelly, 15 May 2012 at 16:26

Hacking/News

security attacks

Imperva uses cloud as DDoS shield

The security firm looks to the cloud to help protect companies against distributed denial of service attacks.<br>

By Jennifer Scott, 7 Sep 2011 at 09:39

Cloud/News

Pirate bay

The Pirate Bay removes Anonymous from DDoS suspect list

Torrent site claims to know who's behind the attack that took it offline for 24 hours.

By Rene Millman, 17 May 2012 at 12:03

Security/News

Hacker

DDoS attackers set their sights on SMBs

Network security vendor claims easy access to DDoS tools is putting more firms at risk.

By Caroline Donnelly, 27 Apr 2012 at 15:58

Security/News

MasterCard

MasterCard site taken down in WikiLeaks revenge

The ‘Anonymous’ hackers claim to have taken down another website with a DDOS attack.

By Jennifer Scott, 8 Dec 2010 at 14:31

Networking/News

hacker

FBI issues Anonymous warrants

The FBI issues 40 search warrants in relation to an investigation into Anonymous DDoS attacks.

By Tom Brewster, 28 Jan 2011 at 14:58

Public Sector/News

Asia harbours half of world's zombies

Latest DDoS report finds half of the world's bots are found in Asia.

By Matt Whipp, 29 Jan 2007 at 11:31

Security/News

Hackers take aim at internet root servers

Three out of 13 root DNS servers in DDoS attack that lasted 12 hours.

By Rene Millman, 7 Feb 2007 at 14:49

Networking/News

PlayStation

Sony blames Anonymous distraction for breaches

Sony says it was distracted by an Anonymous DDoS when hackers stole details on over 100 million customers.

By Tom Brewster, 5 May 2011 at 09:21

Security/News

DDoS attacks on Estonia "not from Kremlin"

Attacks aimed at Estonian government websites came from everywhere except from the Russian government, study suggests.

By Rene Millman, 1 Jun 2007 at 16:34

Security/News

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