New Record Set for Layer 7 DDoS Attacks by Nitol Botnet

New Record Set for Layer 7 DDoS Attacks by Nitol Botnet

Nitol botnet carries out huge 8.7 Gbps Layer 7 DDoS attack

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 17th, 2016
26,000 WordPress Sites Leveraged in Layer 7 DDoS Attack

26,000 WordPress Sites Leveraged in Layer 7 DDoS Attack

Attackers (ab)used WordPress' pingback utility, again!