- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 14th, 2015
Envato Under Two-Week Long DDOS from Unknown Attacker
Marketplaces go on and offline in intermittent intervals
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 13th, 2015
Telegram Servers Hit by DDOS in Asia-Pacific Region
DDOS attack originating from South Korea cripples Telegram servers in Asia and Pacific regions for 3 days
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 9th, 2015
DDoS Attacks Increase in Q2 2015, Largest One over 253Gbps Strong
UDP and SYN floods are the most common attack vectors
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 8th, 2015
DDoS Blackmailers Set Sight on Scandinavian Companies
Companies in the financial sector are preferred targets
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 4th, 2015
DDoS Attacks More Frequent but Not Stronger, Report Shows
Political activism and hacktivism believed to be the cause for attacking entities in the financial and public sector
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 1st, 2015
Over 12,000 DDoS Victims Recorded in First Quarter of the Year
Longest assault lasted for about six days
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 12th, 2015
DDoS Botnet Relies on Thousands of Insecure Routers in 109 Countries
Several groups exploit the routers, hacktivists included
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 11th, 2015
Hacktivists Bring Down Brazilian Government Sites in #OpGreenRights
Anonymous hacktivists oppose government activity
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 11th, 2015
Honeypot Records 8,000 Attacks Exploiting RCE Flaw in Elasticsearch
Most of the assaults originate from machines in China
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 7th, 2015
DDoS Threats Hit Companies in New Zealand
Attackers demand thousands of dollars in bitcoins
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 9th, 2015
Group Uses over 300,000 Unique Passwords in SSH Log-In Brute-Force Attacks
SSHPsychos regroup after takedown operation
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 6th, 2015
High School Student Cuts Off School District’s Internet Access
Cyber-perp could face felony criminal charges
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 2nd, 2015
DDoS Attack on GitHub Traced to Chinese Government
Researcher creates custom tool to locate Chinese MitM device
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 31st, 2015
Anonymous Proxies Used for “Shotgun DDoS” Attacks
Technique requires limited resources, has notable impact
- Games
- By Andrei Dumitrescu
- March 10th, 2015
Xbox Live Gaming, Purchases and Social Services Are Currently Down
Microsoft is not saying what the cause is
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 9th, 2015
Feminist Blog Knocked Offline on International Women’s Day
DDoS attack increases visibility of the website
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 7th, 2015
57 Cybercriminals in UK Arrested in Nationwide “Strike Week”
Suspected member of “D33Ds Company” is caught