- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 23rd, 2015
Botnet of Aethra Routers Used for Brute-Forcing WordPress Sites
Most infected routers are located in Italy
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 21st, 2015
Another Hacking Crew Defaces Phantom Squad's Website, Takes Credit for Real Xbox & PSN Attacks
And then another hacking crew defaces that hacking crew
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 19th, 2015
Anonymous Takes Credit for DDoS Attacks on Turkey's DNS Servers, Accuses Turkey of Aiding ISIS
Anonymous took down Turkey's DNS servers with 40 Gbps DDoS
- 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 16th, 2015
New Hacking Group Threatening Xbox Live and PSN with DDoS Attacks for Christmas
LizardSquad copycats are trying to ruin Christmas for gamers
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 15th, 2015
Toyota Corolla Hybrid Car Hacked via Smartphone
Researcher also launches a DoS attack on the car's computer
- 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
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 11th, 2015
Anonymous Takes Down Donald Trump Website Because of His Anti-Muslim Hate Speech
Anonymous DDoSes Trump Towers NY website
- 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
- December 8th, 2015
Infographic: DDoS Attacks in Q3 2015
The trend for slow&low DDoS attacks continues
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 8th, 2015
Unknown Copycat Using Armada Collective Name for DDoS-for-Bitcoin Extortions
Cyber-crime syndicates are moving in, pushing script kiddies out of the picture, expect more large-scale attacks
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 3rd, 2015
Elasticsearch Servers Targeted by Linux-Based Botnet Operators
30+ bots detected over a 3-month honeypot experiment
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 1st, 2015
Greek Banks Hit by DDoS Attacks, Hackers Ask for Bitcoin Ransoms to Stop
Banks refuse to pay ransom, call on the FBI for help
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 30th, 2015
DDoS Predictions for 2016, IBM Insights
Three new DDoS attack types expected to grow in 2016
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 27th, 2015
Judge to DDoSing Teen: Take Up Rugby or Something
17-year-old sentenced to 12 months suspended prison term