DDoS Malware Became Very Popular This Past January

DDoS Malware Became Very Popular This Past January

There's a need for DDoS tools and services on the market

Anonymous and Russia Are Behind a Huge Rise in DDoS Attacks Targeting Turkey

Anonymous and Russia Are Behind a Huge Rise in DDoS Attacks Targeting Turkey

Russian-Turkish conflict spews into cyber-space

Can You Guess How Much a Russian DDoSer Makes per Day?

Can You Guess How Much a Russian DDoSer Makes per Day?

Security firm tracked DDoS botnet for three months

Google's Project Shield Aims to Protect News Sites from DDoS Attacks

Google's Project Shield Aims to Protect News Sites from DDoS Attacks

Human rights and elections monitoring services can also apply and get free DDoS protection from Google

Linux Mint Website Hack: A Timeline of Events

Linux Mint Website Hack: A Timeline of Events

Hackers were distributing an IRC DDoSing bot

One in Five Data Centers Outages Is Caused by DDoS Attacks

One in Five Data Centers Outages Is Caused by DDoS Attacks

Outages caused by IT equipment failures are the most expensive incidents to fix, at $995 per interruption

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 17th, 2016
26,000 WordPress Sites Leveraged in Layer 7 DDoS Attack

26,000 WordPress Sites Leveraged in Layer 7 DDoS Attack

Attackers (ab)used WordPress' pingback utility, again!

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 16th, 2016
Akamai Detected Over 400 Reflection DDoS Attacks Leveraging DNSSEC Protocol

Akamai Detected Over 400 Reflection DDoS Attacks Leveraging DNSSEC Protocol

DDoS attacks can reach an amplification factor of 8

Lizard Squad Is Battling Some Unknown White Hats for Control over Its Botnet

Lizard Squad Is Battling Some Unknown White Hats for Control over Its Botnet

Linux.Wifatch makers plan to go after Lizard Squad's botnet

  • Games
  • By Andrei Dumitrescu
  • February 1st, 2016
PlayStation Network Down, Sony Not Yet Acknowledging Problem <em>Updated</em>

PlayStation Network Down, Sony Not Yet Acknowledging Problem Updated

It's unclear what the cause of the problem is

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 29th, 2016
Linux-Based Botnets Accounted for More than Half of DDoS Attacks in Q4 2015

Linux-Based Botnets Accounted for More than Half of DDoS Attacks in Q4 2015

The number of Linux DDoSing bots surpasses Windows for the first time ever, thanks to IoT devices and SOHO routers

UK Bank HSBC Hit by DDoS Attack on One of the Most Important Days of the Year

UK Bank HSBC Hit by DDoS Attack on One of the Most Important Days of the Year

Bank says it will be open tomorrow to compensate downtime

Some Black Hat SEO Campaigns Look like DDoS Attacks These Days

Some Black Hat SEO Campaigns Look like DDoS Attacks These Days

Customers panics when sees huge traffic, calls in the help of a cyber-security vendor to protect him from a DDoS attack

Anonymous Takes Down 20 Thai Prison Websites

Anonymous Takes Down 20 Thai Prison Websites

#OpBoycottThailand is still on, now targets prisons

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 27th, 2016
500 Gbps DDoS Attack Recorded in 2015, Biggest One Yet

500 Gbps DDoS Attack Recorded in 2015, Biggest One Yet

500 Gbps DDoS attack surpasses last year's 400 Gbps mark

Irish National Lottery Shut Down via DDoS Attack, Right Before Big Draw

Irish National Lottery Shut Down via DDoS Attack, Right Before Big Draw

Cyber-attack shuts down Irish Lottery ticket sales

DDoS Attack Hits Kickass Torrents, DNS Servers Crippled

DDoS Attack Hits Kickass Torrents, DNS Servers Crippled

Site goes down for most of the day on January 16

 
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