Security News

Cyber attack on US power grid could result in losses up to $1 trillion (Help Net Security)
2015-07-09 12:29

When, on Wednesday, the New York Stock Exchange halted trading, The Wall Street Journal website went down, and United Airlines grounded flights - all practically at the same time - it seemed like a we...

Rise in DDoS reflection attacks using abandoned routing protocol (Help Net Security)
2015-07-02 07:21

There's been an increase in the use of outdated Routing Information Protocol version one (RIPv1) for reflection and amplification attacks, according to Akamai. RIPv1 is a fast, easy way to dynamica...

Attackers Revive Deprecated RIPv1 Routing Protocol in DDoS Attacks (Threatpost)
2015-07-01 16:45

An advisory from Akamai warns of a recent reflection style DDoS attack in which the deprecated RIPv1 routing protocol was leveraged against targets.