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Tech Giants Warn Of Largest-Ever DDoS Attack
Google, Amazon, Cloudflare all issue warnings after dealing with the largest-ever DDoS attack they have ever seen
European Parliament Website Downed After Russia Declared Terrorism Sponsor
Pro-Kremlin hackers Killnet takes credit for downing European Parliament website, after Russia declared state sponsor of terrorism
Ukraine Defence Ministry Suffers DDoS Attack
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence confirms it suffered a huge DDoS attack, while online services for two local banks were also downed
New Zealand Banks, Post Offices Downed By DDoS Attack
Websites belonging to the national postal service and banks in New Zealand, have been knocked offline on Wednesday in an apparent DDoS cyberattack
Fancy Lazarus DDoS Extortion Group Back With New Campaign
Warning from Link11, after it notices sharp increase in ransom focused distributed denial of service (RDDoS or RDoS) attacks
Wikipedia Website Knocked Offline By DDoS Attack
Outage for Wikipedia website last week after DDoS attack on the online encyclopaedia
Small-scale DDoS Attacks On The Rise – Neustar
Under the radar small-scale DDoS attacks have risen significantly, but the ability of companies to identify attacks remains a concern
Telegram CEO: DDoS Attack Timed To Disrupt Hong Kong Protests
Telegram's CEO says cyber attack against Telegram came mostly from Chinese IP addresses
Criminals Arrested As Webstresser DDoS Website Taken Down
National Crime Agency involved in international operation to take down website behind four million cyber attacks
GitHub Briefly Taken Offline In Largest-Ever DDoS Attack
The popular code-hosting site was taken offline for 10 minutes after being targeted by a massive 1.35Tbps DDoS attack
AWS Shield To Safeguard Web Apps From DDoS Nastiness
Amazon introduces AWS Shield managed service to protect against crippling DDoS attacks
Irish Government Websites Taken Down By DDoS Attacks
DDoS attack knocks Irish government websites offline, soon after major cyberattack on Irish lottery
BBC Website, iPlayer Outage Blamed On DDoS Attack
BBC blames “technical issue” for outages, but insiders point to a distributed denial of service attack
Anonymous Offers ‘Noob Guide’ To Hack ISIS
Payback on ISIS. New guide offers ways to hack Islamic State following terrorist attacks in Paris
Banks, Media Firms Targeted By Cyber Extortionists DD4BC
DD4BC gang threatens businesses with DDoS attack unless they cough up £8,000 worth of Bitcoins
Businesses ‘Becoming Complacent’ Over Danger Of DDoS Attacks
F5 study reveals security concerns over DDoS are falling, despite the number of attacks being on the rise
DDoS Attacks Target Network Timing Protocol
DDoS attacks against the Network Timing Protocol are flooding the market, warns US security body
DDoS Power Up 718 Percent Amidst Widespread Batterings
Prolexic sees seven-fold rise in average attack strength
‘Biggest DDoS Attack’ Did Not Hurt The Global Internet – This Time
TechWeekEurope investigates - the Spamhaus attacks didn't slow the Internet much at all, but they are seriously worrying
Millions Of Open Servers Are Helping To Set Off Huge Digital Bombs
Spamhaus attacks show how the Internet's millions of open DNS resolvers are 'the scourge of the Internet'
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
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
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 it needs more money