A Sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attack is a cyberattack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting the services of a host connected to a network. […]
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Casinos have been a target for scammers from the early days of their existence. The industry is highly connected with money, which makes it a prime target. Nowadays, more and more casino businesses are created on the internet, but the
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There are a variety of potential benefits for cities that embrace technology. “Smart cities” can implement technology to streamline functionality and improve efficiency in a number of ways from detecting when a public parking lot is full to enabling remote
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Encryption is one of the most basic necessities in the security arsenal. It’s what makes it possible for banks to offer online banking and funds transfers, or for consumers to make purchases online using their credit or debit cards. It’s
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There’s no doubt about it – DDoS attacks are getting worse. That concise bit of bad news leaves a lot of blanks to be filled in, however: in what way are they getting worse? How is that happening? What types
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In the past year, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have overwhelmed some of the largest websites, forcing Reddit, Twitter, and Netflix offline. DDoS attacks, which ambush businesses with huge amounts of traffic, slow websites to a crawl and force
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In the last few years we have seen several high-profile Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against political and financial targets. Many of us remember the attack against Occupy Central in 2014 and the attack against the Church of Scientology
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The days of the traditional mafia seem to be numbered–at least as its depicted in movies or on TV. Goodfellas has been replaced by Blackhat as organized crime syndicates evolve to master online crime. It is safer and offers an equal
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They say knowing is half the battle. That seems particularly true when it comes to computer security, and defending against malware and cyber attacks. Firewalls, antivirus, and other security tools are still necessary and helpful, but the simple fact is
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Sony found itself on the receiving end of a crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Sunday. The hacking collective known as Anonymous has taken credit, claiming the attack was intended to demonstrate continued weaknesses in Sony’s network security. The reality
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