Security News

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...

Massive DDoS attacks lasting more than an hour increased 487% in 2019
2019-05-21 14:14

After decreasing in 2018, the number of DDoS attacks jumped up in Q1 2019, according to Kaspersky Lab. Here's how to stay safe.

Electrum DDoS Botnet Builds Army of 150,000 Hosts
2019-05-01 18:07

A botnet targeting the users of the popular Electrum Bitcoin wallet managed to ensnare more than 150,000 hosts at its peak, Malwarebytes security researchers say.  read more