Security News

DDoS Attack on GitHub Linked to Earlier One Against GreatFire.org (Threatpost)
2015-03-31 14:35

The ongoing DDoS attack on GitHub, which has made the social coding site intermittently unresponsive since March 25, is essentially a side effect of an older operation from the Chinese government...

Half of companies under DDoS attack have critical data stolen (Help Net Security)
2015-03-31 08:40

Neustar surveyed IT professionals from across EMEA to understand the impact of DDoS attacks. 40 percent of companies estimate hourly losses of over £100,000 at peak times during a DDoS outage,...

DDoS Attack Against GitHub Continues After More Than Four Days (Threatpost)
2015-03-30 14:55

More than four days after it began, the massive DDoS attack on GitHub is still ongoing. The attack has evolved significantly since it started and GitHub officials said they believe that the goal...

Massive DDoS against GitHub continues (Help Net Security)
2015-03-30 13:41

Popular web-based Git repository hosting service GitHub has been battling a massive DDoS attack - the biggest they have ever experienced - for the last four days. "The attack began around 2AM UTC o...