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  • US man arrested over Aussie DDoS attacks

    A 37 year-old US citizen has been arrested in connection with serious offences relating to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

    Written by Samira Sarraf28 July 17 09:40
  • More DDoS attacks will be application based: Gartner

    Hackers are adapting distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and combining these with social engineering tactics to try and infiltrate banks during 2013, warns Gartner.

    Written by Hamish Barwick25 Feb. 13 10:14
  • DDoS attacks bolster cloud website optimiser

    Enterprise product in the making and ‘loved’ by disbanded hacker group LulzSec.

    The constant and very real threat of distributed denial of service
    (DDoS) attacks aimed at headline grabbing “hacker” groups, such as
    Lulz Security and Anonymous, have helped one tech start-up pick up new
    business.

    Written by Liam Tung28 June 11 12:22
  • AFACT hit by second round of DDoS attacks

    The loose-knit confederation of internet activists who organise under the banner "Anonymous" have launched a renewed distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) this week as part of "Operation Payback".

    Written by Renai LeMay29 Sept. 10 15:33
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