Posts Tagged ‘DDoS’

DDoS as an easy way to revenge (following Julian Assange 2010 arrest)

Posted by spaquet on December 18, 2010  |   Comments Off

Anonymous has launched a broad-ranging campaign in support of Wikileaks, starting with a DDoS assault on a PayPal website.

The denial of service attack lasted for eight hours and resulted in numerous service disruptions, Panda Security reports.

The group, spawned from anarchic message board 4chan, first came to prominence with a long running campaign against the church of Scientology, its beef with the Hubbard faithful centering on their attempts to censor content from the net.

PayPal’s decision to stop processing donations for Wikileaks following its controversial publication of US diplomatic cables as well as the withdrawal of hosting services by Amazon are seen on 4chan and elsewhere as attempts to censor the whistle-blowing site, a development Anonymous intends to oppose

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DDoS Attacks

Posted by spaquet on November 11, 2010  |   Comments Off

IT Security is a complex subject and for many DDoS is the key of everything. This idea comes from the fact that launching a DDoS attack on a target is very easy and is responsible of the majority of today’s cyber attacks.

But is this the most important  one ?

For sure, running an eCommerce site and being hit by a DDoS is a real source of concern given its economical impact. However DDoS do not enable attackers to get critical credentials.

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Source: theregister.co.uk