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

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

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


DDoS attacks continue to be an effective means to distract and confuse security teams while inflicting serious damage to brands, according to Neustar. Also, when comparing Q1 2019 vs. Q1 2018, the...

DDoS attacks sized 100Gbps and higher exploded in Q1 2019, with 77% of all attacks targeting two or more vectors.

Why many attack techniques can be reused – but organizations can't defend against them.

A new type of DDoS attack that abuses the HTML5 Ping-based hyperlink auditing feature has been detected following a major attack emanating from primarily Chinese-speaking mobile users of the...