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DDoS attack forces Dutch bank offline
2011-02-24 08:55

http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=3F6822FF-1A64-6A71-CE67724BB606D61C By Jasper Bakker Webwereld Netherlands 23.02.2011 The outage of Dutch bank Rabobank last weekend was caused by a massive DDoS...

FBI raids ISP in Anonymous DDoS investigation
2010-12-31 09:47

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9202838/FBI_raids_ISP_in_Anonymous_DDoS_investigation By Robert McMillan IDG News Service December 30, 2010 Authorities in the U.S. and Germany have raided...

Size of DDoS group 'doesn't matter', security agency says
2010-12-17 07:16

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-threats/2010/12/16/size-of-ddos-group-doesnt-matter-security-agency-says-40091193/ By Jack Clark @mappingbabel ZDNet UK 16 December, 2010 The number of people...

Smartphone botnets? New report predicts mobile devices will be part of DDoS attacks
2010-12-15 06:01

http://www.csoonline.com/article/646713/smartphone-botnets-new-report-predicts-mobile-devices-will-be-part-of-ddos-attacks By Joan Goodchild Senior Editor CSO December 14, 2010 Smartphones could...

'DDoS Malware Was Produced in Korea'
2009-07-28 07:31

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2009/07/129_49163.html By Kim Tong-hyung Staff Reporter Korea Times 07-27-2009 The powerful Internet attack that crippled South Korean computers earlier...

South Korea's government had advance warning of the DDOS attack in the U.S.
2009-07-13 06:07

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/365242.html The Hankyoreh July 11, 2009 It has been revealed that the South Korean government knew in advance that the distributed denial...

Extortion via DDoS on the rise
2005-05-17 05:56

http://www.computerworld.com/networkingtopics/networking/story/0,10801,101761,00.html By Denise Pappalardo and Ellen Messmer MAY 16, 2005 NETWORK WORLD Criminals are increasingly targeting...

Update: Credit card firm hit by DDoS attack
2004-09-23 07:14

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,96099,00.html By Jaikumar Vijayan SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 COMPUTERWORLD Credit card processing firm Authorize.Net has been the target...

FBI busts alleged DDoS Mafia
2004-08-30 06:32

Forwarded from: William Knowles http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9411 By Kevin Poulsen SecurityFocus Aug 26 2004 A Massachusetts businessman allegedly paid members of the computer underground to...

Mydoom lesson: Take proactive steps to prevent DDoS attacks
2004-02-09 09:37

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,89932,00.html By Jaikumar Vijayan FEBRUARY 06, 2004 COMPUTERWORLD Dealing with a distributed denial-of-service attack such as the...