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Tech Giants Warn Of Largest-Ever DDoS Attack
Google, Amazon, Cloudflare all issue warnings after dealing with the largest-ever DDoS attack they have ever seen
Cyber-Attacks Disrupt Kenyan Government Systems
Kenya promises visas on arrival after series of DDoS attacks disrupts online government, mobile payment and other systems
Poland Blames Russia After DDoS Attacks On News Websites
Polish government minister directly blames Russia, after local news websites suffer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks
Poland Blames Russian Hackers For Tax Website Attack
Government official says Russia was behind a hacking attack on the Polish tax website, that blocked access to the online system
Cyber-Attacks Set To Become ‘Uninsurable’, Warns Insurance Boss
Chief executive of Zurich Insurance warns that cyber-attacks, rather than natural disasters, will quickly become “uninsurable”
European Parliament Website Downed After Russia Declared Terrorism Sponsor
Pro-Kremlin hackers Killnet takes credit for downing European Parliament website, after Russia declared state sponsor of terrorism
North Korea’s Internet Knocked Offline
Consequence for ballistic missile test? Internet access in North Korea suffers its largest outage in months on Thursday
US Treasury Fended Off Russian DDoS Attack – Report
Pro Russian hacker group was repelled when they carried out a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against US Treasury, says official
Cyber Attack On Taiwan’s Presidential Office, Amid Nancy Pelosi Visit
Website of Taiwan's presidential office suffrs an overseas cyber attack on Tuesday, amid US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visit
Norway Hit By DDoS Cyber Attacks From Pro Russian Group
Norwegian national security agency warns pro-Russian group has targetted private and public institutions in Norway with DDoS attacks
Cloudflare Outage Downs Hundreds Of Websites
Not a cyberattack. Swathes of the Internet knocked offline on Tuesday after 'service issues' at infrastructure provider Cloudflare
Ukraine Defence Ministry Suffers DDoS Attack
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence confirms it suffered a huge DDoS attack, while online services for two local banks were also downed
New Zealand Banks, Post Offices Downed By DDoS Attack
Websites belonging to the national postal service and banks in New Zealand, have been knocked offline on Wednesday in an apparent DDoS cyberattack
Fancy Lazarus DDoS Extortion Group Back With New Campaign
Warning from Link11, after it notices sharp increase in ransom focused distributed denial of service (RDDoS or RDoS) attacks
Ransom-Fuelled DDoS Attacks ‘Surged’ In 2020
Security firm Neustar sees DDoS attacks more than double in 2020, with ransom demands spreading to finance, government, energy sectors
Google Discloses Biggest-Ever DDoS Attack
Google says it successfully fended off a 2.5 Tbps denial-of-service attack in 2017, making it the biggest such attack to date
Flightradar24 Suffers Repeated Cyberattacks
Popular aviation website Flightradar24 admits three cyberattacks in a two day period, after services knocked offline for hours
New Zealand Calls In Spy Agency To Deal With Exchange Attacks
New Zealand has called in its GCSB intelligence agency to work with the country's stock exchange after denial-of-service attacks continued for a fourth day in a row
Musk Confirms ‘Serious Attack’ On Tesla By Russian Hackers
You couldn't make it up. Russian hacker arrested for offering Tesla worker $1 million to install specifically-designed malware onto car maker's systems
New Zealand Stock Exchange Restored After Four Day DDoS Attack
NSX stock exchange in New Zealand restored after being offline for four days, due to a prolonged DDoS cyberattack from 'offshore'
New Zealand Stock Exchange Suffers DDoS Cyberattack
Dress rehearsal for attack on larger exchange? Two days outage for New Zealand's NZX, following 'offshore' DDoS cyberattack
Amazon Records Record 2.3Tbps Denial-Of-Service Attack
Amazon says its AWS Shield mitigated a DDoS attack peaking at 2.3Tbps, far larger than previous assaults, amidst increasing cloud security threats
Dutch Police Shut Down DDoS Services
As people around the world turn to online services during the pandemic, hackers seek profits from denial-of-service and ransomware attacks
Microsoft And Others Takedown Botnet Necurs
One of the world's largest botnets that was responsible for multiple scams and infected over nine million computers, has been taken down
Wikipedia Website Knocked Offline By DDoS Attack
Outage for Wikipedia website last week after DDoS attack on the online encyclopaedia
Small-scale DDoS Attacks On The Rise – Neustar
Under the radar small-scale DDoS attacks have risen significantly, but the ability of companies to identify attacks remains a concern
Far-Right Website 8chan Offline After Cloudflare Withdraws Services
Site goes offline following involvement in shootings in Texas, with Cloudflare accusing it of 'directly inspiring tragic events'
Telegram CEO: DDoS Attack Timed To Disrupt Hong Kong Protests
Telegram's CEO says cyber attack against Telegram came mostly from Chinese IP addresses
Hackers Overcome University Cyber Defences In Hours
Ethical hackers take down university cyber defences and obtain valuable data in just two hours