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Web Host Yola Uses DDoS Mitigation Service Prolexic

December 7, 2011 — Distributed denial of service protection services provider Prolexic Technologies announced on Wednesday that web hosting provider Yola is using its DDoS mitigation service. Prolexic’s services protects Yola’s corporate website and servers where the sites of more than six million web hosting customers reside.

Hackers Issue New DDoS Attack Tool to Expose SSL Flaw

October 25, 2011 — A group of German hackers released on Monday a new tool that allows a single computer to take down a web server using a secure connection, according to a report by CNET. n The THC-SSL-DOS tool takes advantage of a flaw found in the SSL renegotiation protocol by innundating it with continued requests for secure connections.

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Arbor Networks Launches New DDoS Mitigation Solution

October 21, 2010 — Security and network management solutions developer Arbor Networks has added geography-based IP alerting on traffic spikes from unexpected countries, and IPv6 BGP to gain unique insight into IPv6 traffic and trends to its network-wide infrastructure security and traffic-monitoring platform, Arbor Peakflow SP.

Afilias Launches FlexDNS DNS Platform with AXFR and API Management Options

June 17, 2010 — Internet infrastructure services provider Afilias has expanded its managed Domain Name System services with the availability of its new FlexDNS Platform, providing Afilias’ DNS customers with new options for managing their DNS over Afilias’ network.

DDoS Attack Causes Two Hour Service Disruption for Web Host Media Temple

May 26, 2010 — Los Angeles-based Web host Media Temple was struck Tuesday afternoon by the largest distributed denial-of-service attack against its nameservers in the company’s history.

Hackers Hijack Web Servers For More Powerful DDoS Attacks

May 12, 2010 — Instead of using bot-infected PCs, a new generation of distributed denial of service attacks are leveraging the power of web servers, according to research from security firm Imperva. This strategy forms the basis for a botnet that compromised around 300 web servers to launch high-bandwidth DDoS attacks, according to a Techworld news post.

Second Hacker Pleads Guilty in DDoS Attack on Hosts

May 11, 2010 — According to a report posted today on PCWorld, the second of two men charged in 2006 distributed denial of service attacks on web hosting providers The Planet and T35 hosting agreed to plead guilty today, according to court filings cited in the report.

Video Feature: Interview with Duncan Hume of RioRey

May 7, 2010 – WHIR Editor in Chief Liam Eagle chats with Duncan Hume RioRey’s Director of EMEA in Germany about DDOS prevention technology and services.

Web Host Piryx Recovers from DDoS Attack On Client Rep. Joe Wilson

September 16, 2009 — After interrupting President Barack Obama’s address to Congress on health care reform by shouting “You lie!,” US Representative Joe Wilson received a formal reprimand from the House of Representatives. His actions also made his online fundraising campaign the target of a distributed denial-of service attack over the weekend, which sent his site and those of about 150 other Piryx web hosting clients offline.

Tata Combines DDoS Detection and Mitigation in "Clean Pipe" Service

August 20, 2009 — India-based global IT giant Tata Communications will be providing built-in Distributed Denial of Service detection and mitigation services as part of its North American Dedicated Internet Access services.