Security News

London teen hacker sentenced in Spamhaus DDoS attacks (SC Magazine)

2015-07-13 21:50

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Here's how the NSA spied on UN leaders and targeted DDoS attackers (ZDNet)

2015-07-06 23:22

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Level 3 acquires DDoS mitigation firm Black Lotus (ZDNet)

2015-07-02 17:34

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Rise in DDoS reflection attacks using abandoned routing protocol (Help Net Security)

2015-07-02 07:21

There's been an increase in the use of outdated Routing Information Protocol version one (RIPv1) for reflection and amplification attacks, according to Akamai. RIPv1 is a fast, easy way to dynamica...

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Attackers Revive Deprecated RIPv1 Routing Protocol in DDoS Attacks (Threatpost)

2015-07-01 16:45

An advisory from Akamai warns of a recent reflection style DDoS attack in which the deprecated RIPv1 routing protocol was leveraged against targets.

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Polish Plane IT Attack? Apparently not, just a simple DDoS (The Register)

2015-06-23 13:11

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Polish Planes Grounded After Airline Hit With DDoS Attack (Threatpost)

2015-06-22 17:45

Roughly 1,400 passengers were temporarily stranded at Warsaw’s Chopin airport over the weekend after hackers were purportedly able to modify an entire airline’s flight plans.

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