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Russian software giant Yandex repels largest DDoS attack in history

Russian software giant Yandex confirmed at the end of last week that it succeeded in repelling a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that took place last month and at the beginning of this month, claiming that it was the biggest attack of its kind in history. One of the products marketed by the company is a service for protection against such attacks.  According to an official statement by the company, the attack – in which the malicious actors tried to flood the computer system… Source link

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Yandex Thwarts the Largest Known DDoS Attack in History

The Russian tech giant Yandex announced this week that in August and September it was the victim of the internet’s largest-ever recorded distributed denial-of-service or DDoS attack, according to Reuters. This is an attack in which hackers try to flood a network with unusually high volumes of data traffic in order to paralyze it. The attack began in August and reached a record level on September 5. However, Yandex successfully defended against even that largest barrage.  “Our experts did… Source link

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Russian Internet giant Yandex says it was hit by largest cyberattack in history – Meduza

The Russian Internet giant Yandex says it repelled the largest DDoS (denial-of-service) attack in history. The cyberattack included more than 20 million requests per second (RPS), according to the company’s blog on the website Habr.  The source of the attack was a new botnet, which Yandex named “Meris.” Yandex observed signs of the appearance of the new botnet back in late June. The company estimates that “Meris” consists of between at least 56,000 infected devices, but says the… Source link

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Yandex is battling the largest DDoS in Russian Internet history

Russian internet giant Yandex has been targeted in a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that started last week and and it reportedly continues this week. A report in Russian media says that the assault is the largest in the short history of the Russian internet, the RuNet, and that it was confirmed by a U.S.-based company. RuNet is the Russian segment of the internet, created to function independently of the worldwide web. Its purpose is to maintain the unified… Source link

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Largest wildfire in U.S. decimates a Northern California town

Battalion Chief Sergio Mora reacts as the Dixie Fire tears through Plumas County, Calif., on Wednesday. (Noah Berger/AP) Nichoel Farris had been living on an apple farm in Greenville, Calif., for four years with her husband, Paul. The farm, located in the High Sierra of Northern California, about 150 miles north of Sacramento, was where they grew sunflowers, raised chicks, rode horses and grew apples. Now all that’s left is a pile of ash and blackened tree trunks. The Dixie Fire, driven by… Source link

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Orbsat Expands Global E-Commerce Presence to 190 Countries with Launch on Alibaba.com, the World’s Largest Business-to-Business E-Commerce Platform

The Company’s Global Telesat Communications Unit Approved as an Alibaba Gold Supplier as it Expands Global Sales Activities AVENTURA, FL / ACCESSWIRE / July 13, 2021 / Orbsat Corp (NASDAQ:OSAT)(NASDAQ:OSATW) (“Orbsat” or “the Company”), a global provider of IoT and connectivity solutions through next-generation satellite technology, today announced that its Global Telesat Communications (GTC) unit has entered into an agreement with Alibaba.com, the B2B (Business-to-Business) e-commerce… Source link

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New COVID-19 outbreaks in China threaten to delay shipments at America’s largest port

Fresh coronavirus outbreaks in Southern China are threatening to create new bottlenecks at America’s largest port again, even as the recovery in Western economies help to dramatically reduce its inventory. In an interview with Yahoo Finance Live, Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said he expected to see “a little bit of a lull” with roughly a third of its cargo coming in from the Pearl River Delta in the Guangdong Province. “What we’re seeing is that 50% of normal… Source link

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Dogecoin Eclipses XRP as 4th Largest Cryptocurrency Ahead of ‘Dogeday’

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Dividend Stocks Yielding Around 7% These past 12 months have seen the S&P 500 return its best performance ever – an 80% gain as of the end of March. But are the good times wrapping up? Some historical data would suggest that the bulls will keep running. Since 1950, the market has seen 9 sustained, year-long runs with a rolling return of 30% or better on the S&P 500. These periods have seen an average one-year gain of 40% (the median has been 34%) – and none of… Source link

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Google Cloud lands its largest Latin America deal, with media powerhouse Grupo Globo

Over the past year, Google Cloud has focused its strategy in great part on pursuing media customers undergoing a digital transformation. On Wednesday, Alphabet’s GOOGL, +0.88% GOOG, +0.70% Google Cloud division said it landed its biggest deal yet in Latin America, a seven-year strategic partnership with Brazil’s largest media company, Grupo Globo, a privately-held, multibillion-dollar giant that is in the midst of a… Source link

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No. 13 Wright State delivers largest upset

No. 13 Wright State buried two 3-pointers in the final minute to deliver the NCAA women’s basketball tournament its first major first-round upset in nine years. The Raiders eked out a 66-62 win against No. 4 Arkansas on Monday in the Alamo Region in its third ever appearance in the tournament. The No. 13 seeds were 6-100 all-time against No. 4 seeds before Wright State’s victory, per the ESPN broadcast. The last 13-4 upset was in 2012 when Marist toppled Georgia. Only one team seeded lower… Source link

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