Security News

It's official: The average DDoS attack size is increasing (Help Net Security)
2015-07-22 07:00

New global DDoS attack data from Arbor Networks shows strong growth in the average size of DDoS attacks, from both a bits-per-second and packets-per-second perspective. The largest attack monitor...

A comparative view of cloud-based DDoS protection services (Help Net Security)
2015-07-17 10:30

Six months ago we experienced a 30Gb/sec and 60M PPS attack that was targeting over 1000 IPs on our network. Although we eventually stopped the attack with the aid of our upstream providers, a number ...

The most damaging ramifications of DDoS attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-07-14 08:59

More than half of IT security professionals (52 percent) said loss of customer trust and confidence were the most damaging consequences of DDoS attacks for their businesses, according to a survey cond...

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There's been an increase in the use of outdated Routing Information Protocol version one (RIPv1) for reflection and amplification attacks, according to Akamai.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

Polish Planes Grounded After Airline Hit With DDoS Attack (Threatpost)
2015-06-22 17:45

Roughly 1,400 passengers were temporarily stranded at Warsaw’s Chopin airport over the weekend after hackers were purportedly able to modify an entire airline’s flight plans.