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How Attackers Actually “Hack Accounts” Online and How to Protect Yourself
People talk about their online accounts being “hacked,” but how exactly does this hacking happen? The reality is that accounts are hacked in fairly simple ways — attackers don’t use black magic. Knowledge is power. Understanding how accounts are actually compromised can help you secure your accounts and prevent your passwords from being “hacked” in…
DDoS attackers have found this new trick to knock over websites
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attackers are using a new technique to knock websites offline by targeting vulnerable 'middleboxes', such as firewalls, to amplify junk traffic attacks. Amplification attacks are nothing new and have helped attackers knock over servers with short busts of traffic as high as 3.47 Tbps. Microsoft last year mitigated attacks on this…
IPC 302 must be slapped against attackers of TMC leader Mujibur Islam Majumdar: Sudip Roy Barman
Former minister and BJP MLA, Sudip Roy Barman sought slapping of IPC 302 (murder charge) against the attackers of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mujibur Islam Majumdar who died on Wednesday. Majumdar was attacked in August and he succumbed to his injures recently in Kolkata. Barman met the family members of Majumdar at Badarghat. He said,…