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DDoSers are abusing Microsoft RDP to make attacks more powerful

Enlarge / Hacker attacking server or database. Network security, Database secure and personal data protection (credit: Getty Images) DDoS-for-hire services are abusing the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol to increase the firepower of distributed denial-of-service attacks that paralyze websites and other online services, a security firm said this week. Typically abbreviated as RDP, Remote Desktop Protocol […]

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QAnon/8chan Websites back online after being Supplied by DDoS-protection Seller

Expand (charge: Aurich Lawson / / Getty) A couple of dozen QAnon and 8chan-related websites were knocked offline briefly when a DDoS-protection seller disabled their accessibility, based on a post by safety writer Brian Krebs. The sites –with titles such as 8kun. Web, 8kun. Best, 8chan. Se, along with qanonbin.com–have been linked to the Internet […]