- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 12th, 2016
Bitcoin Wallet Blockchain.info Recovers from DNS Hijacking Attack
At the time of writing, everything is back to normal
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 10th, 2016
2015 TV5Monde Hack Almost Destroyed TV Station's Infrastructure
TV5Monde General Director reveals more details
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 5th, 2016
Akamai Post-Mortem Report Confirms Mirai as Source of Krebs DDoS Attacks
Almost half of Mirai bots located in the EMEA region
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 25th, 2016
Krebs Back Online After Getting Help from Google's Project Shield
Apparently Google's Project Shield is not just a PR stunt
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 23rd, 2016
Akamai Boots Krebs from Their Network After Never-Ending DDoS Attack
DDoS attacks on Krebs' website achieve their goal
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 23rd, 2016
Ethereum Network Under Computational DDoS Attack
Bitcoin alternative was under attack this week
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 22nd, 2016
Alleged Hack of Steam Bitcoin Trader Concludes with a Happy Ending
Users get their funds back as Coinbase admits snafu
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 22nd, 2016
DDoS-for-Hire Community Strikes Back at Krebs with Record 620 Gbps DDoS Attack
Akamai says this might be the biggest DDoS ever recorded
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 15th, 2016
Ammyy Admin Website Compromised to Spread Cerber 3 Ransomware
Cerber is the seventh different malware variant distributed by the Ammyy Admin website in the past year
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 12th, 2016
Seagate Sued by Own Staff After Exec Falls for Phishing Scam
Employees are reporting tax fraud attempts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 12th, 2016
Fire Drill Gone Bad Shuts Down An ING Bank Data Center for Ten Hours
High-pitched sound destroys bank's data storage drives
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 10th, 2016
Journalist Under Attack After Exposing DDoS-for-Hire Service
128 Gbps DDoS attack hits Brian Krebs' website
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 6th, 2016
Retiring Sysadmin Fakes Cyber-Attack to Get Away with Data Theft
He did it because he wanted a house in a seaside town
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 3rd, 2016
Pro-Ukraine Hackers Leak Personal Details of Ukrainian and Foreign Journalists
Only the journalists reporting from the pro-Russia regions of Ukraine were included in the data dump
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 2nd, 2016
Attackers Combine Three Botnets to Launch Massive DDoS Attack
Crooks use a botnet of CCTV cameras, one of home routers, and one made up by compromised web servers
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 31st, 2016
One of Europe's Biggest Companies Loses €40 Million in Online Scam
German electrical cable maker Leoni falls victim to BEC scam
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 31st, 2016
More Banks Lose Money via SWIFT Transaction System Heists
SWIFT warns banks of newly discovered cyber-heists