Californian Gets 26 Months in Jail for DDoS Attacks Against Cloudy Nights Forum

Californian Gets 26 Months in Jail for DDoS Attacks Against Cloudy Nights Forum

Forum ban the reason behind series of DDoS attacks

Mirai Author Gets Only Six Months of House Arrest, $8.6 Million Restitution

Mirai Author Gets Only Six Months of House Arrest, $8.6 Million Restitution

Will also have to perform 2,500 hours of community service

16K Strong DDoS-for-Hire Botnet Provides 420+ GB/s Club to Knock Out Websites

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

Chalubo DDoS Botnet Compromises Linux SSH Servers Using Brute-Force Attacks

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

DDoS Attacks Almost Five Times More Powerful Because of IoT Botnets

Maximum recorded attack size in Q2 2018 was 359 Gbps

FCC Refuses to Give Proof of Alleged DDoS Attack that Shut Down Comments Section

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

French News Sites Taken Down After DDoS Attack Targets Cedexis

French News Sites Taken Down After DDoS Attack Targets Cedexis

The systems have now been restored and working properly

FCC Blames DDoS Attacks for Site Downtime

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

Report: DDoS Attacks Cost Organizations $2.5M on Average

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

UK Fears Foreign States DDoSed Voter Registration Site Ahead of Brexit Vote

UK Fears Foreign States DDoSed Voter Registration Site Ahead of Brexit Vote

MPs mention both Russia and China in their report

New Mirai Variant Used in 54-Hour DDoS Attack Against US College

New Mirai Variant Used in 54-Hour DDoS Attack Against US College

The attack peaked at 37,000 requests per second

Cybercriminals Have a Profit Margin of Up to 95% from DDoS Attacks

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

Necurs Botnet Gets Proxy Module with DDOS Capabilities

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

DDoS Attack Takes Down Austrian Parliament Website, Turkish Hackers Claim Attack

DDoS Attack Takes Down Austrian Parliament Website, Turkish Hackers Claim Attack

The attack took down the website for 20 minutes

Old-School DDoS Attack on White House Site Planned on Trump’s Inauguration Day

Old-School DDoS Attack on White House Site Planned on Trump’s Inauguration Day

“Occupy www.whitehouse.gov on inauguration day”

Ukrainian Defense Ministry Says Hackers Tried to Take Down Its Website

Ukrainian Defense Ministry Says Hackers Tried to Take Down Its Website

DDoS attacks launched on a regular basis, Ukraine claims

Turkish Hacker Launches DDoS Competition Aimed at Political Websites

Turkish Hacker Launches DDoS Competition Aimed at Political Websites

The hacker is giving away prizes to participating attackers

 
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