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Major ransomware operation dismantled by authorities

Major ransomware operation dismantled by authorities
  • Posted February 15, 2013, 12:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • Authorities have detained 11 individuals thought to be responsible for the proliferation of a nasty "police ransomware" virus which demanded users pay €100 ($135 USD) to re-gain access to their infected PCs. Amongst the 11 caught -- a crew of…

Demonoid's tracker flickers to life, website remains dark

Demonoid
  • Posted November 13, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Prominent semi-private torrent tracker Demonoid is once again showing signs of life, although the website itself remains a lifeless cadaver. What this means for Demonoid is anyone's guess, but during the site's 2009 sabbatical, the website returned just weeks after its…

Demonoid operators arrested in Mexico, Anonymous vows revenge

Demonoid operators arrested in Mexico, Anonymous vows revenge
  • Posted August 9, 2012, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web With Video
  • Fresh details emerging this week have helped answer some ongoing questions about the orchestrated takedown of Demonoid. Knocked offline by a DDoS attack on July 24, early reports suggested that the torrent tracker's downtime would be somewhat temporary, pending repairs…

Demonoid shut down by Ukrainian authorities following DDoS attack

Demonoid shut down by Ukrainian authorities following DDoS attack
  • Posted August 6, 2012, 1:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Demonoid, the Internet's largest combined BitTorrent site and tracker, has been shutdown in one of the biggest BitTorrent-related busts in recent times, according to TorrentFreak. ColoCall, the Ukrainian datacenter who hosts Demonoid, was forced to relinquish Demonoid's data to local…

Kaspersky: DDoS attacks 57% more powerful in H2 2011, Russia tops list

Kaspersky: DDoS attacks 57% more powerful in H2 2011, Russia tops list
  • Posted February 27, 2012, 4:36 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • Kaspersky Labs has compiled data collected by its botnet monitoring and DDoS protection services and written a detailed analysis on their findings. The verdict? The second half of 2011 was a bumpy six months with distributed denial of service attacks…

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