Major US banks are once again hit by DDoS attacks, with speculation increasing about their origins
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Anonymous UK Teenager Avoids Jail
Judge says Jake Birchall would have been jailed if he wasn't just 16 at the time of attacks on PayPal and others
UK Anonymous Hackers Get Jail Time
Attackers who hit PayPal, MasterCard and other major firms in the name of Anonymous get jail time
US Officials Suspect Iran Of Bank DDoS Attacks
US and Iran cyber tussles continuing, according to a report
Westboro Baptist Church Web Security Provider To Donate Proceeds To Charity
DDoS vendor and Anonymous siphon money from anti-gay hate group
Anonymous Attacks ‘Cost PayPal £3.5m’
Alleged Anonymous DDoSer is on trial
TechWeekEurope’s Tom Brewster Is BT Information Security Journalist Of The Year
TechWeekEurope Deputy Editor recognised at awards ceremony in London
Theresa May DDoS Suspect Arrested
PCeU works with East Midlands force to arrest 41-year-old male
Anonymous Claims DDoS Hit On HSBC
HSBC services downed by DDoS attack
RSA 2012: Anonymous ‘Didn’t Kill Evil, They Fed The Man’
Josh Corman, of Akamai, says Anonymous failed to fight evil and just helped security firms sell their kit
European Nations Fending Off Massive DDoS Attack In Cyber War Games
Tests will challenge over 300 security pros on more than 1200 security events and a massive DDoS
US Bank Hits Prove DDoS Attacks Are Scarily Powerful
US bank attacks prove that DDoS hits are getting much nastier. Businesses should be more than a little concerned, says Tom Brewster
Microsoft Finds Nitol Botnet Malware On PCs In Chinese Supply Chain
Microsoft finds Nitol in brand new Chinese PCs and seizes domain to kill it off
Anonymous Claims Attack Which Shut Millions Of GoDaddy Sites
Anonymous accused of censorship after attack on so-called censor
MI5 And MI6 Websites Attacked By Assange Protesters
Intelligence agencies the latest target in #OpFreeAssange
MP Peter Hain: Anonymous Hack Was Attack On Freedom Of Speech
Labour MP tells TechWeekEurope Anonymous hack of his site was irrational
Anonymous Strikes Down Government Websites In Assange Protest
Anonymous shows its support for Assange with attacks on DWP and the MoJ
Wikileaks Back Online After ‘10Gbps DDoS’
Thanks to help from CloudFlare, Wikileaks recovers from a DDoS attack
Anonymous Vows Revenge For Wikileaks And Demonoid Blackouts
Wikileaks sites remain down, as does Demonoid, and Anonymous isn't happy
Facebook Gambling ‘Gives Hackers Greater Reason To Attack It’
Hackers are likely to be excited by Facebook's move in to gambling
WikiLeaks ‘Under DDoS Again’
The second DDoS strike on WikiLeaks this year has taken its site offline, Assange's organisation says
CloudFlare CDN: We Have To Stay Open, Even To Evil
CloudFlare's network will remain open to all, says CEO Matthew Prince
Super-Charged DDoS Attacks Spike In 2012
Exclusive: Attackers ramp up their use of super-powerful DDoS strikes and Xbox gamers are getting hit too, data shown to TechWeekEurope reveals
Dealing With The DDoS Dealers
TechWeekEurope investigates the DDoS market, looking at how the dealers make their money, who's buying and what can be done to counter their illegal activities
Twitter Denies Hackers Caused Fail
UGNazi hackers claimed responsibilty for an outage, Twitter denied it
Anonymous Attacks DWP Website Over Privacy Breaches
The DWP becomes the next target of Anonymous splinter cell, the ATeam
WikiLeaks Down After ‘72-Hour DDoS’
WikiLeaks sees its website go down, claiming a DDoS has been smashing the site for three days
Pirate Bay DDoS: Anonymous Not To Blame
The Pirate Bay is back online after a big DDoS hit, saying Anonymous is not to blame
We Join Anonymous In IRC Chat During The ICO Blackout
TechWeekEurope is invited into an Anonymous team's IRC session to learn about the group's aims and watch its big botnets in action
ICO Struggles To Get Website Back Online After ‘Bot Attack’
A suspected DDoS hit is causing the ICO problems