Security News

Mirai Author Gets House Arrest for DDoS Attacks on University
2018-10-29 10:34

The author of the Mirai malware has been sentenced to six months of house arrest and ordered to pay $8.6 million in restitution for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against...

DemonBot Fans DDoS Flames with Hadoop Enslavement
2018-10-26 15:36

An unsophisticated but effective botnet is targeting exposed cloud servers and racking up millions of infections.

DDoS-Capable IoT Botnet 'Chalubo' Rises
2018-10-23 21:41

A new piece of malware is targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices in an attempt to ensnare them into a botnet capable of launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, Sophos Labs...

A10 Networks provides cloud, Internet and gaming providers with 1 RU DDoS defense appliance
2018-10-18 01:00

A10 Networks launched the A10 Thunder 7445 Threat Protection System (Thunder TPS), the performance 1 rack unit (RU) and density of throughput per RU appliance. Now cloud, Internet and gaming...

Acorus Network protects enterprises and service providers from DDoS attacks
2018-10-10 00:30

Acorus Networks is raising $6 million from Elaia Partners, Partech and Kima Ventures. This funding round will contribute to Acorus Networks’ mission to protect customers whose business activity...

Microsoft Adds New Tools to Azure DDoS Protection
2018-09-26 13:24

Microsoft this week announced a new set of distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation tools for Azure, which the company says will provide customers with increased visibility and support when...

Bitcoin Core Software Patches a Critical DDoS Attack Vulnerability
2018-09-25 11:48

The Bitcoin Core development team has released an important update to patch a major DDoS vulnerability in its underlying software that could have been fatal to the Bitcoin Network, which is...

Advanced DDoS Detection and Defense
2018-09-24 21:48

Not only are we now seeing the most powerful DDoS attacks ever recorded, but they also are leveraging the ever-growing army of IoT devices. Gary Sockrider of NETSCOUT Arbor offers advice for...

Credential Stuffing Attacks Are Reaching DDoS Proportions
2018-09-24 10:12

Credential stuffing is a growing threat. It is not new, but for many companies it is treated as annoying background noise that can be absorbed by bandwidth, handled by access controls, and...

Defending Against Next-Generation DDoS Attacks
2018-09-21 15:18

Gary Sockrider of Netscout Arbor on Mitigation TechniquesDDoS attacks have increased significantly in scale via IoT botnet attacks. Gary Sockrider of Netscout Arbor discusses best practices for...