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Wikipedia, World of Warcraft Downed By Weekend DDoS Attacks
2019-09-09 17:37

Wikipedia and World of Warcraft Classic users reported global outages over the weekend in targeted - and connected - DDoS attacks.

Wikipedia Investigates DDoS Attack
2019-09-09 17:33

Sites in Europe, Middle East Affected Over the WeekendOnline encyclopedia Wikipedia is investigating a DDoS attack that temporarily blocked access to several of its European and Middle Eastern...

Newb admits he ran Satori botnet that turned thousands of hacked devices into a 100Gbps+ DDoS-for-hire cannon
2019-09-05 00:47

One down, two to go The script kiddie at the center of the Satori botnet case has pleaded guilty.…

The changing face of DDoS attacks: Degraded performance instead of total takedown
2019-08-14 09:40

The number of DDoS attacks might be getting higher, but they are not all massive nor do they always trigger DDoS defenses. In fact, small-scale DDoS attacks are becoming more frequent and...

Mirai-Based Botnet Launches Massive DDoS Attack on Streaming Service
2019-07-26 10:59

A Mirai-based botnet has recently launched a massive, 13-day long distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on a single online service, Imperva reveals.  read more

83% have experienced a DDoS attack in the past two years, survey finds
2019-07-24 13:47

The ease with which DDoS attacks can be waged makes them particularly prevalent, with over half surveyed experiencing multiple attacks waged against their organization.

Attackers Turn Elasticsearch Databases Into DDoS Bots
2019-07-23 17:01

A recently detected attack campaign is attempting to ensnare Elasticsearch clusters into a distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet, Trend Micro reports.  The multi-stage attacks leverage...

GoBotKR Targets Pirate Torrents to Build a DDoS Botnet
2019-07-08 18:43

The authors have tweaked a known piece of malware to specifically target Korean TV fans.

DDoS Attacker Austin 'DerpTrolling' Thompson Gets Sentenced
2019-07-04 15:33

Defendant Pleaded Guilty to Disrupting Sony Online Entertainment and OthersA distributed denial-of-service attacker who crashed a popular gaming service at Christmas has been sentenced to serve 27...

Get rekt: Two years in clink for game-busting DDoS brat DerpTrolling
2019-07-04 15:00

It’s all lulz until someone goes to prison Austin Thompson, aka DerpTrolling, who came to prominence in 2013 by launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against major video game...