DDoS Protection - Part 128

26 April

Cybercrime Extracts $399,000 from Florida Dentistâ€™s Account; Internet Security Awareness Could Have Thwarted Attack

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According to a new case study published by the Internet Security Awareness Training (ISAT) firm KnowBe4, a telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attack against a semi-retired St. Augustine dentist served as a smokescreen for a nearly $400,000 cyberheist. In November 2009,...

April 26, 2011 Uncategorized Comments are off

13 April

Sportsbet gambles DDoS attack, wins

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Australians love to place bets online but little do some punters know of the dangers lurking in cyberspace. Melbourne-based internet betting and entertainment website Sportsbet.com.au found out about these dangers the hard way when in 2009 the company was...

April 13, 2011 Uncategorized Comments are off

05 April

“Anonymous” eyes up Sony

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The collective known as Anonymous has declared it will target Sony as a result of the company’s legal action against PlayStation 3 jailbreakers GeoHot and Graf_Chokolo. A spokesperson for the collective writes, â€œCongratulations, Sony. Your recent legal action against...

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01 March

London police arrest suspected Anonymous members, dating website PlentyOfFish is hacked, plus other briefs

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London police charged five individuals under the Computer Misuse Act for their role in launching distributed denial-of-service attacks against commercial websites. Authorities believe the suspects are connected to the Anonymous hacking group, a loosely affiliated band of web savvy,...

March 1, 2011 DDoS, Defend Against DDoS, Stop DDoS Attacks Comments are off

21 February

DDoS attacks: coming to a network near you

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There has already been much fallout from the recent massive release of information by the WikiLeaks organisation–including attacks on WikiLeaks itself by those angered by its actions that aimed to disrupt and discredit the organisation. This saw WikiLeaks targeted...

February 21, 2011 DDoS Defense, DDoS Protection Specialist, Defend Against DDoS, DoS Attacks, Stop DDoS, Stop DoS Comments are off