botnets
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A New Botnet Hits Servers With 150 Gbps DDoS Attacks
Just yesterday, Akamai’s Security Intelligence Response Team announced that it’s discovered a new botnet that uses a 150 Gbps onslaught to bring servers and websites to their knees.
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It Took Police Three Years To Fully Shut Down A Money-Stealing Botnet
Back in 2012 the Ramnit worm wriggled its way through social networks and onto the computers of over three million computers, and began to steal sensitive information like bank account details. Now, almost three years later, police have announced that the botnet behind the scourge has been fully shut down.
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The 6 Biggest Bitcoin Heists In History
Ever since a single Bitcoin became worth a small fortune, there have been people trying to steal them. Sure, there have some small-time thieves who have stolen a few hundred dollars worth of Bitcoin here and there. But there have also been heists. Massive, highly orchestrated attacks that lead to millions of dollars worth of…
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Apple Tries To Shut Down Dr Mac’s Virus-Monitoring Servers
Dr Mac is the security firm that discovered last week’s all-Mac botnet, something that is pretty unprecedented for the operating system. After sending Apple the findings of their research, Dr Mac heard nothing. And while it technically has yet to acknowledge Dr Mac at all, the fact that Apple attempted to nix the group’s monitoring…