DDoS-for-hire services thrive despite closure of major marketplace
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Jan-04-2017
- Business Technology
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The closure of a major online marketplace for paid distributed denial-of-service attacks appears to have done little to slow down the illegal activity.In late October, HackForums.net shut down its “Server Stress Testing” section, amid concerns that hackers were peddling DDoS-for-hire […]
Read MoreBitdefender’s second Bitdefender Box sniffs your home’s network to detect hackers
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Jan-04-2017
- Business Technology
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Bitdefender’s first-generation Box had an interesting premise: defend your home’s collection of webcams and other connected devices from attackers. But it was unnecessarily complex. Now the company’s returned with an upgraded device that applies more sophisticated protections, its executives say.
The […]
Bitdefender’s second Bitdefender Box sniffs your home’s network to detect hackers
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Jan-04-2017
- Business Technology
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Bitdefender’s first-generation Box had an interesting premise: defend your home’s collection of webcams and other connected devices from attackers. But it was unnecessarily complex. Now the company’s returned with an upgraded device that applies more sophisticated protections, its executives say.
The […]
HTTPS scanning in Kaspersky antivirus exposed users to MITM attacks
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Jan-04-2017
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