The motivation behind hackers has progressed significantly over the last couple of years. Developing virus' is less about "boasting rights" or pleasing the developer's ego and is ending up being more and more about producing profit or business … [Read more...] about How Profits Inspires Virus Developers
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What’s Propelling A10 Networks Inc (NYSE: ATEN) After Higher Shorts Reported?
Share Tweet 0Pin 0Share The stock of A10 Networks Inc (NYSE: ATEN) registered a boost of 2.38% in short interest. ATEN's total brief interest was 1.20 million shares in October as published by FINRA. Its up 2.38% from 1.17 million shares, reported … [Read more...] about What’s Propelling A10 Networks Inc (NYSE: ATEN) After Higher Shorts Reported?
Europe sees Radical Drop in DDoS Attacks Since Seizure of Webstresser Site
DDoS attacks have dropped by a whopping 60% across Europe following the April 24th takedown of the WebStresser platform, which Europol dubbed the largest DDoS-for-hire service on the market. According to German cybersecurity firm Link11, its … [Read more...] about Europe sees Radical Drop in DDoS Attacks Since Seizure of Webstresser Site
Authorities Close Down Webstressor.org
‘Operation Power Off’, law enforcement efforts in the U.S., U.K., the Netherlands and elsewhere, have taken down the DDoS-for-hire webstresser.org (previously webstresser.co) website. At its takedown, there were apparently 136,000 registered users … [Read more...] about Authorities Close Down Webstressor.org
Mirai Botnet Variant Attacking Financial Businesses
Recorded Future, a security company that specializes in machine-based threat intelligence, published information this week about a new IoT botnet, a variant of Mirai, which was the culprit behind a series of DDoS attacks on financial services … [Read more...] about Mirai Botnet Variant Attacking Financial Businesses
Reaper Botnet Attacks Financial Firms
The Reaper botnet, also known as IoTroop, a variant of Mirai, has been linked to a recent spate of DDoS attacks on three financial institutions in the Netherlands. The three DDoS attacks that Reaper likely carried out took place on January 28th, … [Read more...] about Reaper Botnet Attacks Financial Firms
DDoS Attacks Using Memcached Are Lethal
Just one week following the huge DDoS attack against code repository GitHub using Memcached, the same technique was used to direct an even larger attack against an unnamed U.S. service provider. According to DDoS protection firm Arbor Networks, the … [Read more...] about DDoS Attacks Using Memcached Are Lethal
1.3Tbps DDoS Attack Hits Github
GitHub revealed that earlier this week it experienced what may be the largest-ever distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. In a post on its engineering blog, a GitHub developer explained that the site was unavailable for around 10 minutes on … [Read more...] about 1.3Tbps DDoS Attack Hits Github
Business Wire Target of DDoS Attack
The website of Business Wire was the target of a weeklong distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, starting on January 31st, attempting to make its portal unavailable. Business Wire distributes press releases and regulatory disclosures and is … [Read more...] about Business Wire Target of DDoS Attack
Complex DDoS Attacks Are Increasing
The number of complex DDoS attacks is on the rise and yielding more financial damage than ever before, according to a new NETSCOUT Arbor report. The report, now in its 13th year, is based on a survey with individuals in the operational security … [Read more...] about Complex DDoS Attacks Are Increasing