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Call to arms against cybercrooks
November 29, 2004 Betfair exec says that more industry cooperation is needed to prevent denial-of-service attacks. TAGS: Betfair, distributed denial of service, denial of service, e-commerce, threat, Internet Service Provider, attack, broadband, games, security, PC
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Security from A to Z: DDoS
November 27, 2006 Denial-of-service attacks, which take down a Web resource, are used by digital blackmailers. Part of a series on hot security topics. TAGS: distributed denial of service, denial of service, resource, attack, security, server, e-mail
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Blue Security attack linked to blog crashes
May 4, 2006 DDoS attack on antispam campaigner redirected to blog-hosting firm Six Apart, forcing it offline, security firm says. TAGS: Six Apart Ltd., distributed denial of service, anti-spam, LiveJournal, TypePad, blog, blog posting, spammer, traffic, spam, security, attack, server
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'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai says
June 16, 2004 Attackers built a "botnet" of unknowing home PCs to bring down Google and other sites, the company says. TAGS: Akamai Technologies Inc., distributed denial of service, bot, zombie, attack, outage, home PC, attacker, Yahoo! Inc., server, Google Inc., Apple Computer, security, PC, Microsoft Corp.
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For F-Secure, it's all about the safety net
June 4, 2007 Kimmo Alkio takes stock of the current state of hackers, attackers, dot-bank domains and mobile phone viruses. TAGS: Kimmo Alkio, distributed denial of service, F-Secure Corp., emerging market, mobile phone, threat, India, phishing, attack, CEO, security, virus, PC
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Antivirus expert: 'Ransomware' on the rise
February 7, 2007 Kaspersky warns 2007 will bring increase in extortion schemes to encrypt your data and hold it hostage. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, distributed denial of service, victim, police, RSA Security Inc., malicious software, attack, antivirus, conference, trojan horse, server, PC
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'Final Fantasy XI' under attack
April 18, 2005 DDoS attacks bog down performance of Square Enix's online services; gamers in Japan, Europe and North America affected. TAGS: Final Fantasy, distributed denial of service, attack, Japan, Europe, North America, server
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Cyberattack in Estonia--what it really means
May 29, 2007 Arbor Networks' Jose Nazario takes stock of the denial-of-service attack against the Baltic nation--and the wider implications. TAGS: Jose Nazario, Arbor Networks, cyberattack, denial of service, distributed denial of service, attack, event, survey, DNS, server
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FortGuard Firewall 2.2
Protect your computer against DDoS attacks. TAGS: distributed denial of service, intrusion prevention system, packet, TCP, protection
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Antispam screensaver downs two sites in China
December 2, 2004 "Make love not spam" site has taken two sites offline, a Web traffic monitoring firm says. TAGS: Lycos Inc., distributed denial of service, bandwidth, Web portal, spammer, anti-spam, spam, portal, screensaver, China, denial of service
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DNS servers do hackers' dirty work
March 24, 2006 New twist on denial-of-service attacks could intensify cybercriminals' threat to online business. TAGS: DNS server, Nominum Inc., DNS, assault, VeriSign Inc., chief scientist, distributed denial of service, denial of service, target, attack, server, domain name, IP address, IP
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Experts: Zombies ousting viruses
May 25, 2005 Attackers are drafting bot armies of up to 10,000 machines rather than creating global epidemics like Blaster, security experts say. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, antivirus company, malicious software, epidemic, distributed denial of service, antivirus, tactic, radar, spam, trojan horse, Blaster worm, author, virus, PC, e-mail
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BitTorrent servers under attack
December 2, 2004 File sharers on at least one hub of the peer-to-peer network were shut out for 10 hours, an admistrator says. TAGS: BitTorrent, P2P, distributed denial of service, attack, administrator, denial of service, file-sharing, server, PC
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Lycos Europe denies attack on zombie army
December 1, 2004 Defacement of "Make love not spam" site was a hoax, not a hack, the Internet portal says. TAGS: Lycos Inc., spammer, Internet portal, bandwidth, denial of service, distributed denial of service, F-Secure Corp., spam, attack, screensaver, e-mail
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Antispam campaign bites the dust
December 6, 2004 Lycos Europe throws in the towel on its controversial attempt to enlist PCs to deluge spammers' sites. TAGS: Lycos Inc., anti-spam, spammer, Web portal, denial of service, distributed denial of service, screensaver, spam, F-Secure Corp., campaign, law, portal, PC
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Laptop Mail Server 2.5
SMTP/POP3 server for laptop TAGS: SMTP, e-mail server, mailing list, distributed denial of service, anti-spam, server, POP3, high-performance, laptop computer, e-mail

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