Security News

The Pirate Bay was recently down for over a week due to a DDoS attack
2019-10-29 13:33

It seems like the prolonged downtime and technical difficulties faced by The Pirate Bay over the past several weeks were due to a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against the...

Cybercriminals Impersonate Russian APT ‘Fancy Bear’ to Launch DDoS Attacks
2019-10-28 12:58

Attacks are targeting international companies in the financial sector, demanding that victims pay ransom in Bitcoin.

DDoS Attack Hits Amazon Web Services
2019-10-24 12:22

Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers experienced service interruptions yesterday as the company struggled to fight off a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. As part of such an assault,...

A new type of DDoS attack can amplify attack strength by more than 15,300%
2019-09-18 16:26

By abusing a little-known multicast protocol, attackers can launch DDoS attacks of immense power, but there may be an easy fix.

Massive Gaming DDoS Exploits Widespread Technology
2019-09-18 13:00

The attack -- the 4th-largest the company has ever encountered -- leveraged WS-Discovery, the same exploit used in the 2016 Dyn incident.

Wikipedia fights off huge DDoS attack
2019-09-11 11:15

Wikipedia has suffered what appears to be the most disruptive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in recent memory.

Hackers Attempted DDoS Attack Against Utility: Report
2019-09-10 19:03

Analysis: Attackers Probed Weaknesses in Network Firewalls for 10 HoursEarlier this year, intruders probed weaknesses in the network firewalls of a U.S. power utility to attempt a distributed...

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.…