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Hackers Use DNS TXT Records to Amplify DDoS Attacks: Akamai Report

Cybercriminals are using DNS TXT records in order to amplify DDoS attacks, according to a security bulletin (PDF) published on Tuesday by Akamai’s Prolexic Security Engineering and Research Team (PLXsert). Continue reading

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Cloud Equity Group Acquires Budget Web Host Just199 Hosting

Wall Street private equity firm Cloud Equity Group acquired South Carolina-based hosting provider Just199 Hosting on Tuesday. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Continue reading

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China Suspected in Stolen Personal Data Belonging to 800K USPS Employees

The US Postal Service (USPS) announced Monday that it was the victim of a cyberattack. The initial release offered little information on what type of data was compromised other than employee information that “may include personally identifiable information about employees, including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. Continue reading

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Rackspace Beats Wall Street Estimates with Strong Third Quarter Earnings

On the strength of its cloud management and web hosting services, Rackspace quarterly earnings beat analysts’ estimates with an 18.3 percent increase, the company announced at the end of trading Monday. Rackspace also announced that its board has authorized a $500 million buyback over the next two years. Continue reading

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Minds + Machines Loses Auctions on Five gTLD Names, Netting $8.4 Million

Minds + Machines Group (or “MMX”), a domain registrar that has bid on many generic Top-Level Domains, has been outbid by competitors in auctions for five gTLD names for which it had applied to run. While it lost the right to be the registry for these domains, this did net the company approximately $8.4 million. Continue reading

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