Security News

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...

DDoS Attacker Who Ruined Gamers' Christmas Gets 27 Months in Prison
2019-07-04 11:33

A 23-year-old hacker from Utah who launched a series of DDoS attacks against multiple online services, websites, and online gaming companies between December 2013 and January 2014 has been...

Hacker threw Molotov cocktail, dropped USB drive of his DDoS deeds
2019-06-26 11:05

Those things drop out of pockets at the worst times. Like, say, when you're hurling a bomb at a brick-and-mortar that you've also DDoSed.

News Wrap: Amazon Privacy and Telegram DDoS Attack
2019-06-14 17:57

Threatpost editors Tara Seals and Lindsey O'Donnell discuss a recent lawsuit against Amazon for its privacy policies, a Telegram DDoS attack and more.

Telegram CEO Fingers China State Actors for DDoS Attack
2019-06-13 15:04

Durov took to Twitter to hint that Beijing tried to take Telegram offline to disrupt the Hong Kong protests.

No Telegram today, protestors: Chinese boxes DDoS chat app amid Hong Kong protest
2019-06-13 15:00

That Guns N' Roses album* might be out soon... or not Chat app Telegram has reportedly been DDoS'd, with its downtime coinciding with protests in Hong Kong against repressive new Chinese laws.…

Telegram Suffers 'Powerful DDoS Attack' From China During Hong Kong Protests
2019-06-13 10:48

Telegram, one of the most popular encrypted messaging app, briefly went offline yesterday for hundreds of thousands of users worldwide after a powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack...

Global communications service providers struggling to fend off growing number of DDoS attacks
2019-06-07 07:07

Global communications service providers, whose businesses are predicated on continuous availability and reliable service levels, are struggling to fend off a growing number of DDoS attacks against...