Okta, a cloud-based software that helps employers manage employee access to applications, is facing a wave of credential-stuffing attacks. Though the company’s security team is working to block access requests originating from residential proxies, attackers are also using anonymizing services like TOR to route their attempts. These characteristics appear to …
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A new network security issue is causing headaches for the victims of DDoS attacks. According to security firm Netscout, several DDoS services have found a way to use Plex Media Servers to amplify the junk traffic they fire off toward targets during attacks. The researchers claim that a Plex …
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Multiple gun and bomb attacks in Paris on 13 November killed 130 people Two men involved in the November 2015 Paris attacks have been killed in Syria in a US air strike, officials say. The men, named in a Pentagon statement as Salah Gourmat and …
Read More »Media captionGeorge Osborne: We share responsibility for what is happening in Syria George Osborne has told MPs that they share some responsibility for the terrible events happening in Syria. The ex-chancellor said the unfolding tragedy in Aleppo had not “come out of a vacuum” but was due to “a vacuum …
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Media caption“Enough is enough”: BBC’s Mark Lowen witnesses anger outside the stadium Turkish police have detained 235 people for acting on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the interior ministry says. Those detained include officials from the main Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP). The arrests come two days …
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The UK becomes the first country to adopt an official definition for anti-Semitism Theresa May has accused the Labour Party of “turning a blind eye” towards anti-Semitism as she announced plans to help tackle hatred of Jewish people. The UK has adopted an international …
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At its re:Invent developer conference, Amazon today announced AWS Shield, a DDoS protection service for web apps that run on Amazon’s cloud computing service. AWS Shield is generally available today and is already turned on (for free) for all web applications that currently run on AWS — no action by …
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In an open letter she has posted on her Tumblr blog, Taylor Swift has explained why she is withholding her latest album from Apple Music – she doesn’t like the fact that Apple won’t pay any royalties during the three months free trial of its new music streaming service. “I’m …
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