| Mastodon delays fix for link previews DDoSing websites 2024-05-06 [theregister.co.uk] Decentralization is great, except when many servers grab data from a site
Mastodon has pushed back an update that would have addressed the issue of link previews creating accidental distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Részletek >
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| Germany points finger at Fancy Bear for widespread 2023 hacks, DDoS attacks 2024-05-06 [theregister.co.uk] ALSO: Microsoft promises to git gud on cybersecurity; unqualified attackers are targeting your water systems, and more
infosec in brief It was just around a year ago that a spate of allegedly Russian-orchestrated cyberattacks hit government agencies in Germany, and now German officials claim to know for a fact who did it: APT28, or Fancy Bear, a Russian threat actor linked to the GRU intelligence service. Részletek >
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| Feline firewall woke developer to declaw DDoS disaster 2024-04-15 [theregister.co.uk] System alerts were pinging but cat had no way of knowing what was happening
A developer named Danny Guo has shared a story of the time his cat alerted him to a DDoS attack. Részletek >
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| Huge DDoS attack against US financial institution thwarted 2023-09-11 [theregister.co.uk] Akamai reckons traffic flood peaked at 55.1 million packets per second
Akamai says it thwarted a major distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack aimed at a US bank that peaked at 55.1 million packets per second earlier this month. Részletek >
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| Tor turns to proof-of-work puzzles to defend onion network from DDoS attacks 2023-08-26 [theregister.co.uk] No miners were involved in this story
Tor, which stands for The Onion Router, weathered a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) storm from June last year through to May. Részletek >
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| Diablo IV Suffers Extended DDOS Attack 2023-06-25 [news.yahoo.com] Részletek >
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| With dead-time dump, Microsoft revealed DDoS as cause of recent cloud outages 2023-06-19 [theregister.co.uk] Previous claims its own software updates were the issue remain almost, kinda, plausible
In the murky world of political and corporate spin, announcing bad news on Friday afternoon Részletek >
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| With dead-time dump, Microsoft revealed DDoS as cause of cloud outages 2023-06-19 [theregister.co.uk] Previous claims its own software updates were the issue remain almost, kinda, plausible
In the murky world of political and corporate spin, announcing bad news on Friday afternoon Részletek >
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| Russian IT guy sent to labor camp for DDoSing Kremlin websites 2023-05-20 [theregister.co.uk] Pro-Ukraine techie gets hard time
A Russian IT worker accused of participating in pro-Ukraine denial of service attacks against Russian government websites has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony and ordered to pay 800,000 rubles (about $10,000). Részletek >
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| Record-breaking number of record-breaking DDoS attacks confirmed 2023-02-15 [theregister.co.uk] And growing abuse of cloud Részletek >
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| Sting op takes down 50 DDoS-for-hire domains, seven people collared 2022-12-16 [theregister.co.uk] Cops give denial-of-service sites an extra special denial of service
Police around the globe have seized as many as 50 internet domains said to be involved in tens of millions of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks worldwide. Seven people were collared during the swoop. Részletek >
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