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  2. Fail2ban - Wikipedia

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    Fail2Ban is typically set up to unban a blocked host within a certain period, so as to not "lock out" any genuine connections that may have been temporarily misconfigured. However, an unban time of several minutes is usually enough to stop a network connection being flooded by malicious connections, as well as reducing the likelihood of a ...

  3. Cheating in online games - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 January 2025. Practice of subverting video game rules or mechanics to gain an unfair advantage This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article possibly contains original research. Please ...

  4. Social hacking - Wikipedia

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    The social hack was in defrauding employees of the third party to divulge sensitive information, while the cybercrime was conducted by means of a malware infected email phishing attack. [11] The need for vigilant online security is highlighted by cyber-attacks against corporations like Target as well as other global businesses and high-traffic ...

  5. Hack Attack - Wikipedia

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    Hack Attack: How the Truth Caught Up with Rupert Murdoch is a 2014 book about the News International phone hacking scandal by the British investigative journalist Nick Davies. [ 1 ] Hack Attack was published by Random House 's imprint Chatto and Windus in the United Kingdom, by House of Anansi Press (Canada) and by Farrar, Straus and Giroux 's ...

  6. Poly Network exploit - Wikipedia

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    The Poly Network exploit was an attack conducted by anonymous hackers on August 10, 2021. The attack transferred over $610 million in digital cryptocurrency to the hackers. All assets were returned to Poly Network over the following 15 days. It was one of the largest security incidents in DeFi's history in terms of mark-to-market value.

  7. Random number generator attack - Wikipedia

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    Direct cryptanalytic attack when an attacker obtained part of the stream of random bits and can use this to distinguish the RNG output from a truly random stream. Input-based attacks modify the input to the RNG to attack it, for example by "flushing" existing entropy out of the system and put it into a known state. State compromise extension ...

  8. Ghost Squad Hackers - Wikipedia

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    Ghost Squad Hackers ("GSH") is a hacktivist group responsible for several cyber attacks. Former targets of the group include central banks, Fox News, CNN, the United States Armed Forces and the government of Israel.

  9. 2022 Costa Rican ransomware attack - Wikipedia

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    Conti Group is a criminal organization dedicated to carrying out ransomware attacks, stealing files and documents from servers and then demanding a ransom. Its modus operandi is to infect computers with the Conti malware, which operates with up to 32 individual logical threads, making it much faster than most viruses of its kind.