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Locky Ransomware in Action: Real-World Attack Description
IT security professionals appear to be in a constant run after numerous ransomware authors who systematically infect individual…
October 27, 2016
Firm recall webcams after confirming involvement in Dyn DDoS attack
The webcams played a role in the massive DDoS attacks on Dyn servers and now the company is recalling…
October 25, 2016
Hacker Who DDoSed Boston Hospital for OpJustina Facing Charges
The DDoS attacks caused a loss of hundreds of thousand dollars in 2014- He claimed the attacks were…
October 24, 2016
DDoS attack on Dyn involved 10s of millions of hacked IP addresses
The DDoS attack on Dyn’s server was not only massive but highly sophisticated and came from millions of hacked IP…
October 24, 2016
Mirai Botnet Linked to Massive DDoS Attacks on Dyn DNS
The DDoS attack on Dyn DNS was carried out using Mirai malware botnet — Mirai is a DDoS…
October 22, 2016
DDoS Attack on DNS; Major sites including GitHub PSN, Twitter Suffering Outage
Major websites have gone down worldwide — The reason is still unclear but a major DNS provider is…
October 21, 2016
Johnson & Johnson’s Insulin Pumps vulnerable to cyber attacks
A Rapid7 researcher found out that Johnson & Johnson Animas’ Insulin Pumps can be hacked where attackers can…
October 7, 2016
Voter Registration Systems of over 20 US States Targeted by Hackers
Voter Registration Systems of over 20 US States Already Targeted by Hackers- DHS Officials – Usual suspect: Russia.…
October 1, 2016
Internet’s largest 1Tbps DDoS Attack was conducted using 145k hacked cameras
Thousands of Hacked Cameras, DVRs and IoT devices responsible for Biggest DDoS Attacks to date. Previously we informed…
September 29, 2016
OVH hosting suffers 1Tbps DDoS attack; largest Internet has ever seen
Hosting Company OVH’s servers Hit by 1 Tbps DDoS Attacks – This is the largest DDoS attack in the…
September 24, 2016