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DDoS Attacks Increase 4x in Q1 2016

DDoS Attacks Increase 4x in Q1 2016

Kaspersky Lab has recently released a report on botnet DDoS attacks based on data collected by Kaspersky DDoS Intelligence. In the first quarter of 2016, DDoS attacks were targeted more to the resources of 74 countries. As in the previous quarter, most of the affected resources were only in 10 countries and once again China, South Korea, and the United States were found to be the most affected…

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South Korea Top Origin Source for DDoS Attacks in 2016

South Korea Top Origin Source for DDoS Attacks in 2016

A recent report by cyber and data security expert Imperva revealed that South Korea has emerged as the top source of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in the first quarter of 2016. Imperva said that such attacks are originating from South Korea at a rate that is almost three times that of Russia, which ranked second. As a matter of fact, the volume of DDoS attacks from South Korea…

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DDoS for Bitcoin Campaigns on the Rise

DDoS for Bitcoin Campaigns on the Rise

Researchers at Recorded Future reported that cyber crime groups are increasingly extorting money from victims of DDoS attacks, and they noted that Bitcoin may be partly responsible for this new devious ploy. According to Tyler Bradshaw, the solutions engineer for Recorded Future, Bitcoin drew more scoundrels since it is relatively new and unregulated, thereby enabling extortionists to receive…

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Aumenta el "Cobro de Vacunas" en la WEB: El caso de Extorsión DD4BC

Aumenta el “Cobro de Vacunas” en la WEB: El caso de Extorsión DD4BC

Diario TI – 14 Sep 2015 – Aumenta el “Cobro de Vacunas” en la WEB: El caso de Extorsión DD4BC

Akamai Technologies ha publicado un nuevo caso de estudio de ciberseguridad. Akamai ha compartido los detalles de un incremento de ataques DDoS (Denegación de Servicio Distribuido) procedentes del grupo de extorsionistas en Bitcoins DD4BC, basándose en la observación por parte de PLXsert del tráfico de…

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