- 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](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/500-gbps-ddos-attack-recorded-in-2015-biggest-one-yet-1.png)
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 DDoS Attack Hits Kickass Torrents, DNS Servers Crippled](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/ddos-attack-hits-kickass-torrents-dns-servers-crippled-1.jpg)
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 US DHS Just Spent $1.7 Million to Develop Better DDoS Protection Tech](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/us-dhs-just-spent-1-7-million-to-develop-better-ddos-protection-tech-1.jpg)
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 DDoS Attack on Minnesota Court System Takes Website Offline for Ten Days](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/ddos-attack-on-minnesota-court-system-website-takes-website-offline-for-ten-days-1.jpg)
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 Linode VPS Host Under Two-Week Long DDoS, Now Announces Data Breach](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/linode-vps-host-under-two-week-long-ddos-now-announces-data-breach-1.jpg)
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 BTCC Bitcoin Trader Blackmailed with DDoS Attacks](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/btcc-bitcoin-trader-blackmailed-with-ddos-attacks-1.jpg)
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 Anti-ISIS Hackers Claim BBC DDoS Attack, Say It Was Only a Test](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/anti-isis-hackers-claim-bbc-ddos-attack-say-it-was-only-a-test-1.jpg)
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 Linode Is Under a Barrage of DDoS Attacks Since Christmas](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/linode-is-under-a-barrage-of-ddos-attacks-since-christmas-1.jpg)
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 <em>UPDATE</em> BBC Services Suffer DDoS Attack on New Year's Eve <em>UPDATE</em>](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/bbc-services-suffer-ddos-attack-on-new-year-s-eve-1.jpg)
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 Rutgers University Suffers Sixth DDoS Attack This Year](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/rutgers-university-suffers-sixth-ddos-attack-this-year-1.jpg)
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 Phantom Squad Takes Down Xbox Live with New DDoS Attack](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/phantom-squad-takes-down-xbox-live-with-new-ddos-attack-1.jpg)
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 Short DDoS Attack Puts Boston Authorities on Alert](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/short-ddos-attack-puts-boston-authorities-on-alert-1.jpg)
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 Armada Collective Launches DDoS Attacks on UK Web Hosting Company](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/armada-collective-launches-ddos-attacks-on-uk-web-hosting-company-1.jpg)
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 UK Academic Network Hit by Massive DDoS Attack That Lasted Days](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/uk-academic-network-hit-by-massive-ddos-attack-that-lasted-days-1.jpg)
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 DNS Root Servers Hit by DDoS Attack](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/dns-root-servers-hit-by-ddos-attack-1.jpg)
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 DDoS Predictions for 2016, IBM Insights](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/ddos-predictions-for-2016-ibm-insights-1.jpg)
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 DDoS Attacks on ProtonMail Continue, Despite the Company Paying $6,000 Ransom](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/ddos-attacks-on-protonmail-continue-despite-the-company-paying-6-000-ransom-1.jpg)
DDoS Attacks on ProtonMail Continue, Despite the Company Paying $6,000 Ransom
Company is suspecting a state-sponsored actor