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Dutch suspect 'SK' arrested for Spamhaus cyber attack called internet's largest

By Carl Franzen on April 26, 2013 02:33 pm + 3 comments

Prosecutors in the Netherlands just announced the arrest of the chief suspect in the massive cyber Continue reading…
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'Largest' public denial of service attack in internet history linked to European spam dispute

By Carl Franzen on March 27, 2013 12:19 pm + 17 comments

If your internet service has been running slower than usual lately, your cable company may not be Continue reading…
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Security blogger Brian Krebs suffers simultaneous cyber attack, police raid

By Carl Franzen on March 15, 2013 06:47 pm + 35 comments

Brian Krebs, an influential cyber security blogger previously with The Washington Post who now runs Continue reading…
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US government has 'no doubt' Iran is behind recent cyberattacks on banks, says NYT

By Adi Robertson on January 9, 2013 02:01 am + 47 comments

American officials may be blaming a series of recent bank denial of service attacks on Iran, The New Continue reading…
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Russian man arrested for alleged denial of service attacks on Amazon.com

By Adi Robertson on July 23, 2012 06:02 am + 5 comments

A Russian man allegedly responsible for denial of service attacks on Amazon.com was arrested in Continue reading…
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Anonymous organizes protests in 18 Indian cities over web censorship

By Evan Rodgers on June 11, 2012 03:11 am + 24 comments

Anonymous, the internet hacking group recently profiled by Parmy Olson, has shifted its attention to Continue reading…
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Anonymous planning new DNS amplification tool for large-scale attacks

By Andrew Webster on March 8, 2012 04:03 pm + 11 comments

Anonymous has made a name for itself with attacks on everyone from the Syrian government to the D Continue reading…
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New Denial of Service vulnerability detailed, doesn't require many PCs

By Dieter Bohn on January 7, 2012 02:58 am + 12 comments

You have probably heard of Distributed Denial of Service attacks, where a massive number of Continue reading…
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Microsoft confirms Windows Phone SMS flaw, working on a fix

By Dieter Bohn on December 13, 2011 08:34 pm + 35 comments

Microsoft has confirmed that the bug in Windows Phone that allows an SMS message to disable the Continue reading…
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Windows Phone SMS flaw disables messaging with a text

By Thomas Ricker on December 13, 2011 04:11 am + 28 comments

Tom Warren over at WinRumors is demonstrating a Windows Phone OS issue whereby an SMS message can Continue reading…