Cybersecurity Highlights

This section registers the most relevant incidents or public events related to the cybersecurity and information and communication technologies (ICT), in a way that a chronological history of them is available, together with their main links, references and information sources.

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GitHub suffering the largest DDoS of its history

Github has reported having been the target of the largest distributed denial of service attack suffered by the company.The attack, apparently originated from China and addressed towards websites...

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status.github.com

github.com

zdnet.com

securitybydefault.com

computerworld.com

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Over 19,000 French Websites Hacked From Charlie Hebdo Attack

After the attack to the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, multiple French web, around 19,000, have reported a sharp increase in cyberattacks. Some of these attacks have been carried out by...

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cbsnews.com

newsweek.com

billionbytes.es

20minutos.es

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DDoS attack paralyzes online platforms Xbox and Playstation Network

Throughout Christmas Day the online gaming platforms Sony Playstation Network and Xbox Microsoft suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack left inaccessible both services. The attack...

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abc.es

cnet.com

krebsonsecurity.com

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DDoS against Dinahosting leaves out service 60,000 websites

The company Dinahosting suffered a distributed denial of service attack against its DNS service that left inaccessible 60,000 websites. The attack was performed in several series that lasted more...

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facebook.com

elmundo.es

computerhoy.com

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El mayor ataque DDoS de la historia contra EE.UU. y Europa

Un cliente (no revelado) de la compañía CloudFlare ha sido víctima de un ataque DDoS que aprovechaba una vulnerabilidad en el protocolo NTP (Network Time Protocol).Este ataque es el mayor de la...

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arstechnica.com

cloudflare.com

silicon.co.uk

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