DDoS

Anonymous Team: Anonymous Is Destroying Itself

The voice of the ATeam says Anonymous is failing in its mission and is tearing itself apart

13 years ago

Anonymous Strikes Down Theresa May Website In Extradition Protest

TechWeekEurope learns an Anonymous splinter group took down Theresa May's website, whilst targeting the ICO and the Supreme Court

13 years ago

The DDoS Explosion Has Only Just Begun

There is a surge of DDoS attacks right now, and the evidence is that onslaught is not going away, warns…

13 years ago

Teenagers Arrested After SOCA DDoS

Two teens are arrested following the hit on SOCA and others

13 years ago

TalkTalk Gets Hit By Anonymous – Despite Anti-DEA Stance

TalkTalk is disappointed Anonymous initiated a DDoS on its site, after its strong opposition to draconian anti-piracy measures

13 years ago

Avaaz President Answers Cyber Attack Doubters

Avaaz president Ricken Patel tells TechWeekEurope why his organisation is asking its members for security sponsorship, despite its $1m tech…

13 years ago

Pirate Bay Unhappy With Anonymous Virgin DDoS Bomb

Virgin Media's website is taken offline for an hour, but the Pirate Bay isn't cheering Anonymous on

13 years ago

Anonymous Claims Supreme Court And CIA Takedowns

Anonymous claims hits on the UK Supreme Court and the CIA

13 years ago

Avaaz Faces Questions Over DDoS Begging Bowl

Avaaz says it was hit by a two-day DDoS lasting almost two days, but questions have been raised about why…

13 years ago

Ministry of Justice Hack Claimed By Lone ‘Security Consultant’

MoJ hack was not an Anonymous operation, but the work of a lone supporter, the claimed culprit told TechWeekEurope

13 years ago

Anonymous Strikes Downing Street and Ministry of Justice

Anonymous aims its crosshairs at various Government websites, with Number 10 and the MoJ also targeted

13 years ago

Interpol Arrests 25 Members Of Anonymous In ‘Operation Unmask’

The hacking collective has responded to arrests in Europe and South America by attacking the Interpol website

13 years ago

RSA 2012: WAF Added To QualysGuard Cloud Security Platform

Web Application Firewall touted to protect against spammers, SQL injections and DDoS attacks

13 years ago

Standalone Akamai Security Service Aims To Block DDoS Attacks

Akamai has announced Kona Site Defender security service to defend customers against various types of DDoS attacks

13 years ago

Arbor Networks: Tools Now Automate DDoS Attacks

Automated toolkits are now making it possible for criminals to launch DDoS attacks without much technical knowledge

13 years ago

Anonymous Targets Brazilian Banks In Fight Against ‘Inequality’

Some of Brazil's biggest banks have been hit by DDoS Attacks, although customer accounts are believed to be unaffected

13 years ago

The Accidental Terrorist – Anonymous’ Stooges Stage Attacks

A poisoned Website is tricking innocent visitors into becoming an unwitting part of the Anonymous DDoS army

13 years ago

New Zeus Variant Means Game Over For US Online Banking Users

New Zues malware variant, "Gameover" earns its name as it clears out victims' bank accounts in the US

13 years ago

South Korea Braces For Fresh DDoS Attacks

South Korean authorities have warned of the likelihood of North Korean cyber-attacks in the wake of Kim Jong-il's death.

13 years ago

Russian Opposition Sites Hit with Attacks

Websites critical of Russia's government appear to have been silenced in DDoS attacks

13 years ago

Zeus Thieves Raid Bank Accounts To Rob Jewellers

FBI warns of spear-phishing that Zeus loots victims' bank accounts, stealing jewellery on the way

13 years ago

Hacker Forum Shares Attack Methods And Tips

Imperva analysed a hacker forum, finding users chat most about DDoS attacks, tutorials and recruitment

13 years ago

Akamai Expands Security, Compliance Features

Akamai's content delivery network now has features designed to help customers fend off DDoS attacks

13 years ago

UK Hackers Take Down Russian Embassy Site

DDoS attack protests David Cameron's visit to Russia, while the killer of Alexander Litvinenko is free

13 years ago

Imperva Cloud Service Takes Strain Of DDoS Attacks

Imperva's cloud protects customers from network- and application-based distributed denial of service attacks

13 years ago

Wikileaks Suffers Further Cyber Attacks

Wikileaks claims to have been the victim of another cyber attack following its biggest leak yet

13 years ago

Hong Kong Exchange News Site Blocked By DDoS

A distributed denial of service attack hit the HK Stock Exchange News Web but trading was relatively unaffected

13 years ago

Suspected Anonymous Hackers Arrested

One arrest in the UK, four in the Netherlands and 16 in the US, as authorities clamp down on Anonymous

13 years ago

Hackers Bring Down Mastercard Site

Hactivist attack on Mastercard continues reprisals for blocking payments to WikiLeaks

13 years ago

Anonymous Targets Head Of US Federal Reserve Bernanke

Anonymous has identified the US Federal Reserve as a potential target and urged its boss to stand down

14 years ago