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The week in security: DDoS surges, NSA creates international incidents
CSO Magazine Even as a botnet called Mevade hit hundreds of organisations, there were signs that use of the popular Blackhole Exploit Kit was waning as the developers of the Cutwail botnet moved to a rival platform. US government agency NIST was offering guidance … |
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Hacktivists plan to resume DDoS campaign against US banks
SC Magazine … as an act of retaliation for sophisticated malware believed to have been served by the United States to strike targets within the country – like Flame, Duqu and Stuxnet – which are capable of gathering intelligence or sabotaging critical … |
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Threat of the Week: Mobile DDoS
Credit Union Times Picture tens of millions essentially unprotected mobile phones and tablet computers that are conscripted by cyber crooks into a zombie botnet army and put to work overwhelming your credit union's network with meaningless data in a mobile Distributed … |
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New Android malware uses Google Play icon to trick users, conduct DDoS …
The Next Web A new trojan for Android has been discovered that can help carry out Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The malware is also capable of receiving commands from criminals as well as sending text messages for spamming purposes. The threat … |