Security News

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...

US Signal partners with Cloudflare to deliver DDoS protection service
2018-09-20 00:30

US Signal announced that it has partnered with Cloudflare to bring a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection service to market. The new service delivers DDoS mitigation for network,...

DDoS attack frequency grows 40%, low volume attacks dominate
2018-09-13 06:15

The frequency of DDoS attacks have once again risen, this time by 40% year on year, according to Corero Network Security. While frequency has increased, the duration of attacks decreased with 77%...

Whiskey business - DDoS attack leaves University of Edinburgh server Irn-Scru'd
2018-09-12 19:26

Hacker attack on Freshers week is a real Scotch dreg The University of Edinburgh has gone offline from what appears to be a massive DDoS attack on the school's network.…

U.K. Teen Involved in ProtonMail DDoS Attack Arrested
2018-09-07 11:36

ProtonMail has helped law enforcement identify one of the members of the Apophis Squad, a group that has made bomb threats and launched distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against many...

Leader of DDoS-for-Hire Gang Pleads Guilty to Bomb Threats
2018-09-06 15:51

A 19-year-old man from the United Kingdom who headed a cybercriminal group whose motto was "Feds Can't Touch Us" pleaded guilty this week to making bomb threats against thousands of schools. On...

DraftKings rides to court, asks to unmask 10 DDoS suspects
2018-08-31 21:15

Fantasy sports outfit looks to hunt down group that bombarded its site A US sports gaming company is asking permission to unmask 10 people it believes were behind a massive DDoS attack on its...

Bank of Spain Hit by DDoS Attack
2018-08-28 12:48

Website of Spain's Central Bank Was Temporarily OfflineSpain's central bank says its website was intermittently offline as it struggled to repel a distributed denial-of-service attack. The...

DDoS attackers increasingly strike outside of normal business hours
2018-08-15 14:22

DDoS attack volumes have increased by 50% to an average of 3.3 Gbps during May, June and July 2018, compared to 2.2 Gbps during the previous quarter, according to Link11. Attacks are also becoming...