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DDos Protection Services Firm Prolexic Secures $8 Million in Funding

February 9, 2012 — Distributed denial of service protection services firm Prolexic Technologies announced on Thursday it has closed an $8 million Series B investment led by private equity firm Camden Partners. DDoS attacks have been increasing at exponential rates in recent years, putting all Internet surfers and websites at risk. Recognizing this, DDoS mitigation services should be a standard part of business continuity/disaster recovery planning and be included as part of all hosting companies’ services.

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Security Researcher Calls on Browser Developers to Support SSL-Validator

February 8, 2012 — Security researcher Moxie Marlinspike is calling on the support of browser developers to participate in his new open-source project that is designed to authenticate a secure sockets layer certificate’s credentials, according to a report by The Register. Convergence, which is currently in its Beta phase, is available as a Firefox add-on and enables users to query notary servers so that they can ensure the legitimacy of an SSL certificate attached to a particular site.

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Prolexic Report: DDoS Attacks Grow in Size, Decline in Duration During Q4 2011

February 7, 2012 — DDoS security provider Prolexic released on Tuesday data it collected from Q4 2011 global attacks against its clients that showed a significant rise in packet-per-second volume, a trend it predicted in its previous attack report released in July 2011. While Prolexic says an increase in the fourth quarter is not uncommon because of holiday shopping season and the prevalence of attackers targeting e-commerce sites Q4 was marked by an uncharacteristic surge.

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Internet Infrastructure Firm VeriSign Hit by Multiple Hacks in 2010

February 2, 2012 — Internet infrastructure services provider VeriSign was the target of multiple online attacks throughout 2010 which resulted in stolen information, according to a report by Reuters which cites the company’s quarterly regulatory filing. The company did not include the details of the stolen information or any specifics regarding the attacks in its 10-Q report filed in October with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Security Breach at Web Host Blacknight Exposes Contact Info of 40,000 Customers

February 2, 2012 — Irish-based European web hosting provider Blacknight announced on Wednesday that 40,000 of its customers may have been affected in a security breach on Tuesday. In a press release, Blacknight says no financial data was exposed in Tuesday’s breach, but client contact details including email addresses and telephone numbers were leaked. Overall, Blacknight calls the damage minimal.

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HostExploit’s Top “Bad Host” Oversee Improves Standing in Q4 Report

January 24, 2012 — HostExploit, an organization devoted to publishing data on the involvement of Hosting Providers (willing or unknowingly) in cybercrime, issued its Top 50 Bad Hosts and Networks report for Q4 2011 on Tuesday, showing, among other things that Oversee.net, which topped the rankings in its Q3 report had improved its standing through a concerted effort at “responsible hosting.”

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Web Host DreamHost Resets FTP Passwords After Security Breach Detected

January 23, 2012 — Web hosting provider DreamHost has told its customers to change their passwords in an email on Friday night after it detected unauthorized activity on its database, according to a report by CNET. In the email, DreamHost claimed it had reset all customer FTP passwords as a precaution and that users could create new ones through the online panel. Web panel, email passwords and billing information were not exposed during the breach, according to the report.

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Anonymous Attacks FBI, Entertainment Sites After Megaupload Takedown

January 20, 2012 — After federal officials brought down the file-sharing website Megaupload and charged several individuals allegedly responsible for online piracy generating more than $175 million, hacking group Anonymous attacked several entertainment and government websites on Thursday.

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Zappos Security Breach Affects 24 Million Customers

January 16, 2012 — Online retailer Zappos announced on Sunday that the passwords, email addresses, and partial credit card information belonging to 24 million customers may have been exposed in an attack on a server in a Kentucky data center. On Monday morning Zappos website was unavailable to international traffic. Zappos has also shut down its phone support lines and is accepting email only.

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eleven Spam Report Highlights Top Spamming Trends for 2011, 2012

(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — German email security provider eleven announced on Thursday it has released the results of its latest spam trends report shows that a shift in the spam and malware landscape. Researchers from eleven found that 2011 saw significant fluctuations in spam volumes, and for 2012, they expect spam to be sent …Read More