DDoS

Spanish Police Arrest Anonymous Operation Hackers

Spanish authorities claim capture of three members of the Anonymous denial-of-service hacker group

14 years ago

Security Conference Season To Break All Records

London is host to two security conferences this week and the past "annus horribilis" has given them plenty to analyse,…

14 years ago

Police Make New Arrest In Anonymous Probe

The police have made an arrest of a person suspected of being involved in the pro-WikiLeaks DDoS attacks

14 years ago

Security Researchers Uncover US-Based DDoS Botnet

The US-based Skunkx botnet carries out DDoS attacks, while also rooting out rival botnet clients on the host

14 years ago

Massive DDoS Attack Puts Squeeze On WordPress

Blogging platform WordPress was hit by a massive denial of service attack affecting a number of A-list sites

14 years ago

Controversial US Church In ‘Anonymous’ Row

An anti-gay US church has faked a letter threatening a DDoS attack, purporting to be Anonymous hacktivists

14 years ago

Ixia Tackles Network And Cloud Security Testing

IxLoad-Attack can generate malicious test traffic to show of how well site and cloud security holds up

14 years ago

Yemen, Egypt Government Sites Taken Down By ‘Anonymous’

The activist group 'Anonymous' has attacked websites belonging to the Yemeni and Egyptian governments in support of protests

14 years ago

Home Office Adopts ‘Flawed’ EU Cyber-Crime Directive

James Brokenshire has signed the UK up to the EC cyber-crime directive despite major grey areas

14 years ago

Study: Firewalls A Liability In Fight Against DDoS Attacks

Stateful firewalls can harm organisations' efforts to protect themselves against DDoS attacks, an Arbor Networks study has found

14 years ago

FBI Issues 40 Warrants Over WikiLeaks

The FBI has taken action over Anonymous DDoS attacks that supported WikiLeaks

14 years ago

Can The Government Prevent A DDoS Attack On Its Systems?

Governments are not immune to DDoS attacks, as hacktivist group Anonymous has proved. It's time nations started defending themselves, says…

14 years ago

2010: Dawn Of National Cyber Wars, says Citrix CTO

"Conficker is still out there - and that's 28 terabits/second. If that thing was pointed at any national interest, it…

14 years ago

DDoS Fears Shatter WikiLeaks Mirror Site Hosting

Web host SiteGround has suspended at least two WikiLeaks mirror sites, citing fears of disruptive attacks

14 years ago

Human Rights Sites Plagued By DDoS Attacks

New research shows opponents of human rights organisations are using DDoS attacks to bring down their websites

14 years ago

All Not-So-Quiet On The WikiLeaks Front

WikiLeaks-related issues have quietened down, says Eric Doyle. This is just the lull before a storm that will ring in…

14 years ago

Researchers: ‘Operation Payback’ Attack Tool Leaves Participants Traceable

A study has found that the DDoS tool used in the WikiLeaks payback attacks leaves users' IP addresses exposed

14 years ago

The Lesson To Be Learnt From Anonymous

The DDoS attacks on WikiLeaks' opponents contain a serious lesson that should be heeded by every website owner, says Eric…

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Revenge Attack Threatens Cameron’s Online Aspirations

If Anonymous hacktivists succeed in bringing down the Direct.gov site, it could trigger a rethink for Cameron

14 years ago

Twitter Denies De-Trending WikiLeaks As Visa Takes A Pasting

Twitter has stated it is not blocking Wikileaks from its Trends list. Elsewhere the DDoS attacks continue

14 years ago

Mastercard Website Punished For WikiLeaks Ban

Operation: Payback, a WikiLeaks’ supporter initiative, has turned its DDoS attacks on Mastercard

14 years ago

ISOC: WikiLeaks Attacks Threaten Free Expression

The Internet Society wants a legal solution to the WikiLeaks debacle, not DoS attacks and DNS alterations

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Supporters Hit PayPal And PostFinance

PayPal and a Swiss bank have been hit by WikiLeaks supporters, for cutting off the whistleblower's funds

14 years ago

DoS Attack Hit WikiLeaks Before Document Disclosure

A denial-of-service attack hit WikiLeaks before it released thousands of diplomatic documents, reports say

14 years ago

Burma Taken Off-Net By Cyber Attack

The Asian nation of of Myanmar, formerly Burma, has been hit by a massive denial-of-service attack

14 years ago

Most Consumers Support Government Cyber-Spying

Sixty-three percent of people believe that it is acceptable for their government to spy on another country's computer systems

14 years ago

How Attackers Use Social Networks For Command And Control

RSA has discovered that attackers using social networking can slip through the net by incorporating illegal activities with legitimate ones

14 years ago