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Dyn Down by DDoS

Posted on October 22, 2016 by Carmelo

Dyn a company that provides dynamic domain name resolution (convert names into IP addresses) was threatened to shell out some bitcoin or else… Or else what? I’d like to call it an availability compromise, but in layman’s terms, an outage … Continue reading →

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The Largest Distributed Denial of Service, EVER! (A Robot Knock-Knock Description)

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Carmelo

Denial of Service explained: Computers respond to network traffic, generally. If there was a computer on my network that wanted to talk to my computer, that computer would put out a request to talk to my computer over the network, … Continue reading →

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China’s Internet Cannon!?

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Carmelo

The Internet Cannon that China is touting is a technology most hackers have been using since 2010. LOIC, or the Low Orbiting Ion Cannon, is a DDoS tool. It was originally just a stress testing tool, then was converted to … Continue reading →

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The Norse Hacking Map

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Carmelo

At this link, you can watch the world hacking map, hosted by Norse. Apparently back in 2012, the United States was getting attacked at least 10,000,000 times a day. Can you imagine what it is now? 20 million? 40 million? … Continue reading →

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Get Comfortable: @SecureNinjaTV Free Training

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Carmelo

Going through my twitter feed, I enjoyed an embedded secureninjatv video and then decided to check out their youtube page. I’ve embedded it for your convenience. There are about 22 videos in the playlist embedded above. Get comfortable, take frequent … Continue reading →

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