- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 29th, 2015
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) Attacks Intensify - WSJ
Dyn Inc. is reporting on over 20 attacks per day
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 28th, 2015
Malware Infects MySQL Servers, Enrolls Them in Worldwide DDoS Botnet
MySQL servers hijacked to carry out DDoS attacks
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 20th, 2015
Microsoft Ports OpenSSH to Windows, Opens Up the Code on GitHub
Company aims for 100% feature parity by mid-2016
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 10th, 2014
Mayhem Botnet Relies on Shellshock Exploit to Expand
Security researchers are not surprised by this attack
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 29th, 2014
Phishers Abuse Microsoft Azure to Target PayPal, Apple, and Visa Customers
Experts say the cybercriminals are relying on the free 30-day trial
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 18th, 2014
ESET Uncovers Server Botnet That Infected over 25,000 UNIX Machines
Researchers say this is the largest server botnet they’ve seen so far
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 6th, 2014
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Silk Road Backup Server Allegedly Hosted with Small Pennsylvania Company [NYT]
The FBI believes the backup contains a lot of useful information
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 27th, 2013
Cybercriminals Abuse Network Time Protocol for DDOS Attacks
Symantec researchers have spotted an increase in the number of such attacks
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 9th, 2013
Companies Falsely Believe Servers Don’t Need Antivirus Protection, Experts Warn
Gill Langston of ThreatTrack Security shares some insight on the topic
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 3rd, 2013
Financial Exchange Platform Hit by 167 Gbps DNS Reflection DDOS Attack
Prolexic has managed to mitigate the massive cyberattack
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 22nd, 2013
Cloud Security Study: BYOD, Data Control and Data Loss Are Main Inhibitors
AccelOps has released its 2013 Cloud Security Survey
- By Lucian Parfeni
- November 30th, 2012
Cloud Browsers like Opera Mini or Amazon Silk Could Be Abused for DDoS Attacks, Password Cracking
Researchers have devised a way in which cloud browsers could be abused
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 18th, 2012
CloudFlare Explains 65 Gbps DDOS Attacks and How They Can Be Stopped
Open DNS resolvers allow cybercriminals to launch attacks of this magnitude
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 30th, 2012
Fujitsu, eBay and Verizon Team Up for Big Data Working Group
Cloud Security Alliance’s new project has been launched
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 4th, 2012
3 ZeuS Botnet Command and Control Servers Evade Microsoft
The company failed to put the last nail into the botnet's coffin
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 4th, 2012
Apple’s iCloud Great for Protecting Data and Privacy, but Not for Enterprise Users
Experts share some insight regarding the security offered by iCloud
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 17th, 2011
Zero-Day Vulnerability Causes BIND 9 Server Crash
Since there is no available workaround for the issue, users are advised to upgrade