DDoS

Hackers Are Using Consumer IoT Devices To Launch DDoS Attacks

Lax IoT security is allowing cyber criminals to syphon bandwidth to launch attacks on big businesses

8 years ago

Bruce Schneier: ‘Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet’

Security expert Bruce Schneier suspects state-sponsored DDoS attacks are being levied at major internet infrastructure providers to test cyber defences

8 years ago

DDoS Website ‘Ringleaders’ Arrested In Israel

The two teenagers were arrested after DDoS giant vDOS was hacked and its internal records exposed last week

8 years ago

Rio 2016 Olympics Suffered Sustained 540Gbps DDoS Attacks

Arbor security claims Rio was a success in terms of mitigating powerful, prolonged DDoS attacks

8 years ago

UK Continues To Be Battered By DDoS Attacks

DDoS attacks increase by over 200 percent, with the UK the second most targeted nation

8 years ago

Pokemon Go Hit By Possible DDoS Attack

Players suffer massive weekend outages as PoodleCorp claim responsibility for DDoS attack

8 years ago

Chinese Gambling Website Victim Of 470 Gbps DDoS Attack

'Largest assault to date' for mitigation provider Imperva Incapsula as gambling company hit by nine-vector DDoS

8 years ago

Criminal Marketplace Offers Cheap Server Access For Global Cyber-Attacks

Fancy a DDoS attack? Cybercrime marketplace offers access to compromised third party servers for just £4.23

9 years ago

Cisco: Global IP Traffic To Grow Threefold By 2020

Study also predicts smartphone traffic will overtake PC traffic by 2020, as 52 percent of the globe gets online

9 years ago

$5 DDoS Dealers Unmasked On Fiverr Marketplace

Security researchers found DDoS service posing as a 'stress tester' that would attack any website for the meek sum of…

9 years ago

Anonymous Launches DDoS Attack On The KKK

Ghost Squad hackers take down key KKK website as part of its fight against "blunt racism"

9 years ago

DDoS Assaults Target UK As Bot Attacks Hit New High

UK remains a major target for criminals as Imperva report reveals South Korea is now the main source of DDoS…

9 years ago

Are ISPs Doing Enough To Protect Businesses Against DDoS Attacks?

Nine tenths of firms say they want more protection from their provider and 80 percent of ISPs believe there is…

9 years ago

Lizard Squad Returns To Take Down Blizzard Servers In DDoS Attack

Infamous hacking team stages impressive yet destructive comeback with DDoS attack on online gaming titan

9 years ago

Hackers Will Crack Hotmail And Gmail For Just £90

Dell SecureWorks report warns that business is booming for the dark web as hacking gets more professional and profitable

9 years ago

Hackers Target Swiss Railways, Political Parties And Retailers

A group called NSHC claims responsibility for SVP hack and SBB DDoS assault, but not a separate incident affecting

9 years ago

Anonymous Declares War On Donald Trump

Notorious hacking team set to launch DDoS attacks on Trump websites on April 1

9 years ago

Easy To Use Technology Causes DDoS Attacks to Rise Yet Again

Latest Akamai report sees 149 percent rise in DDoS attacks over last quarter of 2015

9 years ago

The Extortion Game – How To Approach DDoS

Dave Larson from Corero Network Security tells us how your business can best deal with the threat of DDoS attacks

9 years ago

20 Cybersecurity Terms Everyone Should Know

Get your head around these IT security terms and you're well on your way to protecting your company, says Laurance…

9 years ago

HSBC Cyber Attack: How Safe Is Online Banking?

HSBC says it has successfully defended a distributed denial of service (DDos) attack, but should customers be worried?

9 years ago

DDoS Attacks Set To Get Bigger Following 500Gbps World Record

Happy new year. Cyber extortion, DDoS and cloud attacks, plus firewall failures set to increase in next 12 months, acording…

9 years ago

Anonymous Shuts Down Japanese Airport Website In Dolphin Protest

The DDoS attack on Narita International Airport was in retaliation for Japan's barring of a prominent animal welfare activist

9 years ago

Irish Government Websites Taken Down By DDoS Attacks

DDoS attack knocks Irish government websites offline, soon after major cyberattack on Irish lottery

9 years ago

Irish Lottery Hit By DDoS Attack

Customers left unable to buy tickets for two hours following attack from unknown criminals

9 years ago

Anonymous DDoS Attack Targets Nissan

Nissan suspends main websites after Anonymous targets Japanese carmaker over hunting of whales and dolphins

9 years ago

Companies Prepared To Pay Up £690,000 Ransom To Avoid Cyberattack

Are you nuts? Nearly a quarter of companies willing to pay ransom to prevent cyber attack, new survey reveals

9 years ago

Police Arrest Member Of Cyber Extortionists DD4BC

Scotland Yard involved in European raids and arrest of key member of DDoS extortionist gang DD4BC

9 years ago

Linode Resets Passwords After Possible Breach

Hosting firm resets all passwords after user credentials found on an “external server”, following DDoS attack

9 years ago

BBC Attack Was ‘A Test’ Say Hackers

Attackers who disabled the BBC's online services last week claim to have been 'just testing' their capacities ahead of attacking…

9 years ago