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Chinese Firm Says Its Cameras Were Used to Take Down Internet

A Chinese security camera maker said its products were used to launch a cyber-attack that severed internet access for millions of users. Continue reading

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WP Engine Gives Customers Free SSL Certificates

WP Engine has integrated SSL/TLS certificates from the Let’s Encrypt project to extend free, simple, automated website security to all of its 50,000 customers. Continue reading

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Is Today’s DDoS Attack Part of a Troubling Trend?

Regardless of whether you work in the hosting industry, you would have likely encountered an outage today on a website that you may visit frequently, due to a DDoS attack targeting Dyn. Continue reading

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Weebly Works to Harden Security as 43 Million User Accounts Compromised

More than 43 million Weebly user accounts have been accessed as part of a massive breach that happened in February 2016, according to a report by LeakedSource. Continue reading

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Internet Service Disrupted in Large Parts of Eastern U.S.

Dyn Inc. said it was monitoring a DDoS attack on Friday that has caused downtime for websites including Twitter and the New York Times. Continue reading

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