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Interop network squares off against controlled 70G bit/sec DDoS attack
The network at one of the biggest annual networking shows is being subject to a series of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) creating the equivalent of 90 million sessions attempting to use the network at the same time, all as part of a controlled test of the Interop network.
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Stealthy Web server malware spreads further
A stealthy malicious software program is taking hold in some of the most popular Web servers, and researchers still don't know why.
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Alleged Spamhaus DDoS attacker Sven Kamphuis arrested in Spain
The 35 year-old Dutchman accused of masterminding the worryingly vast DDoS attack that nearly swamped anti-spam organisation Spamhaus and its partners last month has been arrested in Barcelona, reports have said.
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ICANN announces opening of Istanbul office as part of globalisation effort
As part of ICANN's efforts to become a more global organization it detailed plans on Thursday for its new office in Istanbul.
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EU Security Agency slates ISPs over 300Gb/s Spamhaus DDoS attack
March?s huge DDoS attack on Spamhaus that left service providers struggling to contain a 300Gb/s DNS reflection surge was made possible by the industry's tardiness in implementing IETF recommendations on limiting forged traffic made more than a decade ago, EU security agency ENISA has argued.
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ICANN's new CEO pledges to keep the Internet intact and open
ICANN's new CEO Fadi Chehadé, who took over in October, is on a mission to help politicians around the world understand the importance of keeping the Internet intact and open, and is also working to bring home the addition of new generic top-level domains.
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Google fully implements security feature on DNS lookups
Google has fully implemented a security feature that ensures a person looking up a website isn't inadvertently directed to a fake one.
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Skype instant messaging in China is censored, spied upon
The Chinese version of Skype contains spyware that searches for blacklisted words and phrases, blocks instant messages that contain them, copies them to servers and captures the rest of IM chats that have been flagged in this way, according to researchers.
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Raspberry Pi Foundation hit by grudge DDoS attack
The tiny Raspberry Pi Foundation website and forum has been hit by two short but nasty DDoS attacks in the last week, the second attack flurry that has targeted the organisation since last summer, staff have confirmed.
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HP to scale up TippingPoint network security with SDN
Hewlett-Packard plans to use its recently announced SDN controller to distribute its TippingPoint intrusion prevention system across networks, overcoming the scale limitations of dedicated appliances.
