Security News > 2016 > May > DNS provider NS1 hit with multi-faceted DDoS attacks (Help Net Security)
2016-05-26 15:50
Early last week, DNS and traffic management provider NS1 was hit with a series of DDoS attacks that lasted several days, and managed to impact DNS delivery in the European, American and Asian region. “Over the course of last week, we sustained dozens of large DDoS attacks, ranging in strategy from simple volumetric attacks, to complex direct DNS lookup attacks, to concentrated attacks against our upstream network providers and other vendors. These attacks are an … More →
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