- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 19th, 2016
Rex Linux Trojan Can Launch DDoS Attacks, Lock Websites, Mine for Cryptocurrency
Trojan targets CMS platforms running on Linux servers
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 12th, 2016
DDoSCoin: New Crypto-Currency Rewards Users for Participating in DDoS Attacks
Somebody thought this was actually a good idea
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 9th, 2016
"Foreign Hackers" Launch DDoS Attacks on Australia's Census Website
Australia's Census website is still down after DDoS attacks
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 6th, 2016
Linux Botnets Dominate the DDoS Landscape
77.4% of targeted resources were located in China
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 3rd, 2016
Anonymous Hackers Attack Czech Finance Minister Because of New Gambling Law
DDoS attacks hit companies owned by Andrew Babis
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 3rd, 2016
Pokemon GO DDoS Attacks Postponed As PoodleCorp Botnet Suffers Security Breach EXCLUSIVE
Data indexed on breach index site LeakedSource
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 2nd, 2016
UK Hosting Firm Downed in 30 Gbps DDoS Attack
123-Reg suffers downtime following massive attack
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 28th, 2016
Hong Kong Student Gets Probation Time for DDoS Attack During Occupy Campaign
Teenager wanted to help out Anonymous Asia
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 22nd, 2016
MIT Faced 35 DDoS Attacks in the First Six Months of 2016
Biggest attack peaked at 295 Gbps, 58.6 Mpps
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 20th, 2016
Anonymous Launches DDoS Attack Against Rio Court That Blocked WhatsApp in Brazil
WhatsApp reinstated in Brazil following the DDoS attack
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 20th, 2016
DDoS Attack Takes Down US Congress Website for Three Days
Library of Congress and Copyright Office also affected
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 19th, 2016
New DDoS Attack Record Is 579 Gbps, Reported in H1 2016
Most attacks are less than 1 Gbps, last less than an hour
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 19th, 2016
WikiLeaks Servers Go Down, Under DDoS Attack After Announcing Turkey Coup Leaks
Turkey AKP emails and documents data dump delayed
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 18th, 2016
Philippines Government Websites Hit by Massive DDoS Attacks, China Suspected
Attacks came on the same day as a controversial decision regarding China's rights over islands near the Philippines
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 17th, 2016
Pokemon GO Servers Suffer DDoS Attack at the Hands of PoodleCorp
New hacking crew makes its presence felt
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 14th, 2016
OurMine Hackers Attack HSBC, Stop a Few Hours Later, After Staffer Talks to Them
Reasons behind DDoS attack are currently unknown
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 30th, 2016
Chinese Gambling Company Was Target of a Nine-Vector 470 Gbps DDoS Attack
The attack also reached 110 million packets per second