As people around the world turn to online services during the pandemic, hackers seek profits from denial-of-service and ransomware attacks
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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'
Scammers Targeting MacOS With Denial-Of-Service Attacks
This follows the discovery of a similar type of attack in November where an HTML5 API caused browsers to freeze
AWS Shield To Safeguard Web Apps From DDoS Nastiness
Amazon introduces AWS Shield managed service to protect against crippling DDoS attacks
‘BlackNurse’ Firewall Bug Heightens DDoS Risk
UPDATED: A bug in firewalls from Cisco and others would allow a single laptop to take large websites offline
‘Sophisticated’ DNS Attack Used IoT Gadgets To Target Dyn
The DDoS attack was unusual in its scale and was backed up by a large Mirai IoT botnet, Dyn says
Greater Manchester Police Website Suffers DoS Attack
Police website knocked offline for several hours following denial-of-service attack
British Teenagers Arrested Over ‘Lizard Stresser’ Attacks
Six suspects are accused of paying to mount denial-of-service attacks on prominent organisations
High Bandwidth DoS Grow Alarmingly
A new report reveals the scale of the modern denial-of-service attacks, most of which exceed 1Gbps
FBI Warns Of DoS Attacks On Emergency Telephones
US authorities are warning about Telephone Denial of Service attacks against emergency telephone systems
More US Banks Hit By Attackers
Two more US banks were hit by denial-of-service attacks which caused outages in spite of advance warning
Oracle Halts Denial Of Service Threat With Patches
Oracle has issued patches to close down a vulnerability that could cause a denial of service in some products
The Accidental Terrorist – Anonymous’ Stooges Stage Attacks
A poisoned Website is tricking innocent visitors into becoming an unwitting part of the Anonymous DDoS army
Hacker Tool Targets SSL Flaw
A hacker tool is able to bring down SSL servers using a laptop and a standard Internet connection
Patch Promise For Apache Killer DoS Vulnerability
Apache has promised to patch a vulnerability that exposes Web servers to denial of service attacks
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
Anonymous Responds To Italian Arrests
Anonymous has played down the significance of the arrested suspects in Italy and Switzerland
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
Scotland Yard Has Been After Anonymous for Months
Scotland Yard has confirmed it has been investigating Anonymous since before the WikiLeaks wars broke out
WikiLeaks Hit By More Attacks
A new denial of service attack has hit WikiLeaks following its release of confidential government cables