- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 4th, 2016
Initial Estimations of Mirai DDoS Botnet Are Accurate
Mirai botnet comprised of over 120,000 IoT devices per day
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 3rd, 2016
Newsweek Website Suffers DDoS Attack After Publishing Controversial Trump Report
Donald Trump has some DDoS-yielding supporters
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 2nd, 2016
Source Code of DDoS Botnet That Attacked Krebs Released by Its Author
Mirai source code posted online on Hack Forums
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 28th, 2016
IPv4 Server Hacked in 12 Minutes While IPv6 Server Remained Untouched
Compromised IPv4 servers used for DDoS attacks
- Incidents
- 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
- Incidents
- 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
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 23rd, 2016
Top 10 Passwords Used to Hijack IoT Devices Are as Stupid as You Think They Are
IoT malware and IoT botnets are becoming a real problem
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 23rd, 2016
Ethereum Network Under Computational DDoS Attack
Bitcoin alternative was under attack this week
- Incidents
- 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
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 21st, 2016
Hacktivist Group Promises to Take Down Worldwide Media with DDoS Attacks
New group has a bone to pick with global news agencies
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 21st, 2016
New DDoS Attacks Cripple Blizzard's Network Two Days in a Row
PoodleCorp continues Blizzard DDoS onslaught
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 19th, 2016
Blizzard Hit with DDoS Attack, PoodleCorp Takes Credit
Servers are now back up and running normally
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 17th, 2016
LuaBot Author Says His Malware Is "Not Harmful"
Author says he's not interested in launching DDoS attacks
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 14th, 2016
Sixth Linux DDoS Trojan Discovered in the Last 30 Days
Dr.Web discovers new Linux trojan named Linux.DDoS.93
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 14th, 2016
Here's Another Vulnerable DVR System Ready to Become a DDoS Botnet
No patches available for latest issues in AVer DVRs
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 14th, 2016
Nation-State Actors Are Probing Core Internet Infrastructure for Failure Points
Schneier suspects China and Russia are behind the attacks
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 13th, 2016
Turkish Hackers Continue to Pester Austrians in a One-Sided Cyber-War
Turkish hackers attacked Austria's National Bank on Friday