- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 27th, 2016
500 Gbps DDoS Attack Recorded in 2015, Biggest One Yet
500 Gbps DDoS attack surpasses last year's 400 Gbps mark
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 17th, 2016
DDoS Attack Hits Kickass Torrents, DNS Servers Crippled
Site goes down for most of the day on January 16
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 11th, 2016
US DHS Just Spent $1.7 Million to Develop Better DDoS Protection Tech
New 3DCoP tech uses P2P and virtual networks to mitigate DDoS attacks by detecting and stopping traffic patterns
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 11th, 2016
DDoS Attack on Minnesota Court System Takes Website Offline for Ten Days
Nobody claimed attacks, no data breach occurred
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 5th, 2016
Linode VPS Host Under Two-Week Long DDoS, Now Announces Data Breach
For Linode, the DDoS attacks just took a turn for the worse
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 3rd, 2016
BTCC Bitcoin Trader Blackmailed with DDoS Attacks
Blackmailer fails after BTCC invests in better servers
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 2nd, 2016
Anti-ISIS Hackers Claim BBC DDoS Attack, Say It Was Only a Test
Hackers were testing a new tool called Bangstresser
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 2nd, 2016
Linode Is Under a Barrage of DDoS Attacks Since Christmas
VPS cloud hosting provider sees 10 days of DDoS attacks
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 1st, 2016
BBC Services Suffer DDoS Attack on New Year's Eve UPDATE
iPlayer database malfunctions in DDoS attack, brings everything down, including main website and a radio app
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 29th, 2015
Rutgers University Suffers Sixth DDoS Attack This Year
Three cyber-security firms could not handle the attack
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 18th, 2015
Phantom Squad Takes Down Xbox Live with New DDoS Attack
LizardSquad copycats have quite a big DDoS cannon
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 17th, 2015
Short DDoS Attack Puts Boston Authorities on Alert
Large cities still unprepared to face large-scale attacks
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 14th, 2015
Armada Collective Launches DDoS Attacks on UK Web Hosting Company
Hosting company goes offline to upgrade servers and prepare for the larger wave of the announced DDoS attack
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 10th, 2015
UK Academic Network Hit by Massive DDoS Attack That Lasted Days
Internet connections take a dive for many UK universities
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 9th, 2015
DNS Root Servers Hit by DDoS Attack
Internet core infrastructure hit in rare cyber-attack
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 30th, 2015
DDoS Predictions for 2016, IBM Insights
Three new DDoS attack types expected to grow in 2016
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 6th, 2015
DDoS Attacks on ProtonMail Continue, Despite the Company Paying $6,000 Ransom
Company is suspecting a state-sponsored actor