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Prolexic Believes Multiple Groups and Tactics Behind Recent High Profile DDoS Attacks

Hollywood, Florida USA (PRWEB) October 11, 2012 Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, today announced that it believes the recent spate of DDoS attacks should not be attributed to just one group/individual or … Continue reading

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Study finds small businesses are leaving their websites open to hacker attacks

(PRWEB UK) 11 September 2012 A recent study has revealed that 2 in 3 small business websites in the UK are vulnerable to attacks from hackers. The survey, conducted by UK web hosting company Heart Internet (http://www.heartinternet.co.uk), found that … Continue reading

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DDoS Trends: Zero-day Attacks will Dominate

Hong Kong (PRWEB) July 21, 2012 Zero-Day attacks will be the megatrend of DDoS attacks, noted Frank Tse, Research Manager of Nexusguard, at the recent Hacker in Taiwan Conference (HITCON). DDoS attacks are going to become more creative, and will … Continue reading

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Patelco Credit Union Selects ThreatMetrix to Fight Cyberfraud and Malware Attacks

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) June 14, 2012 ThreatMetrix, the fastest-growing provider of integrated cybercrime prevention solutions, today announced that Patelco Credit Union, one of the largest credit unions in the nation and the fifth largest in California, has selected ThreatMetrix … Continue reading

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ElcomSoft Adds AMD Radeon 7000 Series Support and New Wi-Fi Attacks Targeting the Human Factor

Moscow, Russia (PRWEB) March 08, 2012 ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. updates Elcomsoft Phone Password Breaker and Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor with OpenCL support, adding support for the latest AMD Radeon Graphics and ensuring universal acceleration hardware compatibility. The two products are … Continue reading

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WordPress Remains the Preferred Blog CMS despite Recent Malware Attacks, Maintains Blogging-oriented Sites

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 02, 2012 The latest episode of attack from Internet villains involved the spreading of malware to vulnerable WordPress sites with the intention of spreading an information-stealing botnet agent. Despite this issue, many bloggers and web … Continue reading

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Cyber Attacks from Hacktivist Groups Becoming More Potent

Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) January 30, 2012 The second week of January showed a large spike in Denial of Service attacks designed to cripple or take out websites using armies of computers. The latest wave, driven by hacktivist group Anonymous, … Continue reading

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