- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- December 5th, 2018
Californian Gets 26 Months in Jail for DDoS Attacks Against Cloudy Nights Forum
Forum ban the reason behind series of DDoS attacks
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 26th, 2018
Mirai Author Gets Only Six Months of House Arrest, $8.6 Million Restitution
Will also have to perform 2,500 hours of community service
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 26th, 2018
16K Strong DDoS-for-Hire Botnet Provides 420+ GB/s Club to Knock Out Websites
Yet another Mirai fork that kills other bots on sight
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 23rd, 2018
Chalubo DDoS Botnet Compromises Linux SSH Servers Using Brute-Force Attacks
Attackers use brute-force SSH attacks to compromise targets
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- September 12th, 2018
DDoS Attacks Almost Five Times More Powerful Because of IoT Botnets
Maximum recorded attack size in Q2 2018 was 359 Gbps
- Web / Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 22nd, 2017
FCC Refuses to Give Proof of Alleged DDoS Attack that Shut Down Comments Section
The FCC will move forward with plans to ax net neutrality
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 11th, 2017
French News Sites Taken Down After DDoS Attack Targets Cedexis
The systems have now been restored and working properly
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 8th, 2017
FCC Blames DDoS Attacks for Site Downtime
The FCC says it was targeted by DDoS attacks Sunday and Monday, which took down the comment system
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 3rd, 2017
Report: DDoS Attacks Cost Organizations $2.5M on Average
Attacks are no longer targeting specific industries, but any companies they can get away with, even involving ransoms
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- April 12th, 2017
UK Fears Foreign States DDoSed Voter Registration Site Ahead of Brexit Vote
MPs mention both Russia and China in their report
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 29th, 2017
New Mirai Variant Used in 54-Hour DDoS Attack Against US College
The attack peaked at 37,000 requests per second
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 27th, 2017
Cybercriminals Have a Profit Margin of Up to 95% from DDoS Attacks
DDoS-as-a-service is growing in popularity and so are the funds in the pockets of the cybercriminals
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- February 24th, 2017
Necurs Botnet Gets Proxy Module with DDOS Capabilities
Given the size of the Necurs botnet, if used for DDOS attacks, the damage could be massive, researchers say
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- February 7th, 2017
DDoS Attack Takes Down Austrian Parliament Website, Turkish Hackers Claim Attack
The attack took down the website for 20 minutes
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 18th, 2017
Old-School DDoS Attack on White House Site Planned on Trump’s Inauguration Day
“Occupy www.whitehouse.gov on inauguration day”
- Hacking News
- By Bogdan Popa
- December 14th, 2016
Ukrainian Defense Ministry Says Hackers Tried to Take Down Its Website
DDoS attacks launched on a regular basis, Ukraine claims
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- December 8th, 2016
Turkish Hacker Launches DDoS Competition Aimed at Political Websites
The hacker is giving away prizes to participating attackers