DDoS attacks against U.S. banks peaked at 60 Gbps

Computerworld Security: December 14, 2012
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DDoS attacks against U.S. banks peaked at 60 Gbps

Some of the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that targeted the
websites of U.S. financial institutions this week have peaked at 60 Gbps,
according to researchers from DDoS mitigation provider Arbor Networks.
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Project Blitzkrieg e-banking heist is a credible threat, McAfee says

Project Blitzkrieg, a coordinated attack against U.S. banking customers
allegedly planned for the spring of 2013, is a real and credible threat,
security researchers at McAfee have said.
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Adobe drags Google into Microsoft's Patch Tuesday

Google has been dragged into adopting rival Microsoft's Patch Tuesday, fallout
from an Adobe move last month.
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