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In May 2013 KrebsOnSecurity wrote about Ragebooter, a service that paying customers can use to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks capable of knocking individuals and Web sites offline. The owner of Ragebooter subsequently was convicted in 2016 of possessing child pornography, but his business somehow lived on while he was in prison. Now just weeks after Poland made probation, a mobile version of the attack-for-hire service has gone up for sale on the Google Play store.

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Bitcoin Gold’s Website Was DDoS’d Into Oblivion Immediately After the Fork

October 24, 2017 admin attack, bgold, bitcoin, Bitfinex, BTC, btg, ddos, denial of service, fork, Futures, hard fork, news, SPLIT, tech, trading

Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:46:26 +0000

Bitcoin Gold’s debut has some quirks.

Kaspersky Security

Preparing for tomorrow’s Internet

October 23, 2017 admin Advice, AI, awareness, cybersecurity, ddos, future, IoT, ncsam, North America, Special Projects, Technology, Tips

Credit to Author: Brendan Mangus| Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 15:44:37 +0000

The future doesn’t have to be a dystopian Internet of Things. We just have to prepare.

MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (October 9 – October 15)

October 16, 2017 admin a week in security, Android ransomware, Botnet, cryptominers, ddos, Equifax, hack backs, phishing, Security world, TransUnion, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 19:00:56 +0000

A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from Monday, October 9 to Sunday, October 15. We presented our quarterly report, won security awards, and lots more.

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