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World’s largest 1 Tbps DDoS Attack launched from 152,000 hacked Smart Devices

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Do you know — Your Smart Devices may have inadvertently participated in a record-breaking largest cyber attack that Internet has just witnessed.

If you own a smart device like Internet-connected televisions, cars, refrigerators or thermostats, you might already be part of a botnet of millions of infected devices that was used to launch the biggest DDoS attack known to date, with peaks of over 1

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Critical DoS Flaw found in OpenSSL — How It Works

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The OpenSSL Foundation has patched over a dozen vulnerabilities in its cryptographic code library, including a high severity bug that can be exploited for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

OpenSSL is a widely used open-source cryptographic library that… Continue reading Critical DoS Flaw found in OpenSSL — How It Works→

Here’s How Hackers Can Disrupt ‘911’ Emergency System and Put Your Life at Risk

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What would it take for hackers to significantly disrupt the US’ 911 emergency call system?

It only takes 6,000 Smartphones.

Yes, you heard it right!

According to new research published last week, a malicious attacker can leverage a botnet of infecte… Continue reading Here’s How Hackers Can Disrupt ‘911’ Emergency System and Put Your Life at Risk→

DDoSCoin — New Crypto-Currency Pays Users for Participating in DDoS Attacks

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It’s 2016, and now, you can earn some dollars by contributing into well-organized DDoS attack scheme.

Do you know while mining Bitcoins you are actually contributing a significant computational power to keep the Bitcoin network running?

In Bitcoins, the miners actually build and maintain massive public ledger containing a record of every Bitcoin transaction in history.

When one user tries

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4 Flaws hit HTTP/2 Protocol that could allow Hackers to Disrupt Servers

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If you think that the HTTP/2 protocol is more secure than the standard HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), then you might be wrong, as it took researchers just four months to discover four flaws in the HTTP/2 protocol.

HTTP/2 was launched properly jus… Continue reading 4 Flaws hit HTTP/2 Protocol that could allow Hackers to Disrupt Servers→

IoT Botnet — 25,000 CCTV Cameras Hacked to launch DDoS Attack

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The Internet of Things (IoTs) or Internet-connected devices are growing at an exponential rate and so are threats to them.

Due to the insecure implementation, these Internet-connected embedded devices, including Smart TVs, Refrigerators, Microwaves, S… Continue reading IoT Botnet — 25,000 CCTV Cameras Hacked to launch DDoS Attack→

DDoS Extortionists made $100,000 without Launching a Single Attack

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In Brief
Cyber crooks find a new and ingenious way to make hundreds of thousands of dollars with no effort.

An unknown cyber gang, pretending to be Armada Collective, has made more than $100,000 in less than two months simply by threatening to launch … Continue reading DDoS Extortionists made $100,000 without Launching a Single Attack→

Anti-DDoS Firm Staminus HACKED! Customers Data Leaked

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Staminus Communications – a California-based hosting and DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) protection company – is recovering a massive data breach after hackers broke down into its servers and leaked personal and sensitive details of its customers.

Though the company acknowledged that there was a problem in a message posted to Twitter on Thursday morning, it did not specify a data

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