Security News

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...

DDoS Attacks Less Frequent But Pack More Punch: Report
2018-08-08 16:32

There were seven times more distributed denial (DDoS) attacks larger than 300 Gbps (gigabit per second) observed during the first six months of 2018 compared to the first half of 2017, NETSCOUT...

Intensifying DDoS attacks: ​Choosing your defensive strategy
2018-08-06 10:50

One of the biggest misconception regarding DDoS attacks is that they are a once-in-a-lifetime event for organizations, says Josh Shaul, VP of Web Security at Akamai. “Over the last six months, our...

Boston Children's Hospital DDoS Attacker Convicted
2018-08-03 19:17

Hacktivist Was Protesting Controversial Child Custody CaseA federal jury has convicted a hacktivist who launched DDoS attacks in 2014 on Boston Children's Hospital and another local facility to...

Castaway hacker guilty of hospital DDoS attack
2018-08-02 18:51

He'll almost certainly get more than a three-hour tour for this A self-styled Anonymous hacker who attempted to flee the US in a sailboat has been convicted of two felonies for his role in a 2014...

U.S. Now Leads by Number of DDoS Botnet C&C Servers
2018-07-25 16:05

The United States was the top region by number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet command and control (C&C) servers in Q2 2018, Kaspersky Lab reports.

Free training courses on DDoS protection, from introduction to mitigation
2018-07-18 12:57

The DDoS Protection Bootcamp is the first online portal to provide in-depth technical training in the field of DDoS protection. If you’re involved in IT security or network operations, you know...

DDoS Attacks Get Bigger, Smarter and More Diverse
2018-07-17 15:27

DDoS attacks is relentless. New techniques, new targets and a new class of attackers continue to reinvigorate one of the internet's oldest nemesis.

Life After Webstresser Disruption: No DDoS Holiday
2018-07-05 10:18

Arbor's Darren Anstee Talks Terabit Attacks, Stresser/Booter MayhemPolice recently arrested the suspected administrators and top users of the stresser/booter service Webstresser.org....

ThreatList: Top Summer DDoS Trends
2018-07-02 18:31

Distributed Denial of Service attacks maybe one of the oldest tools in a hacker’s toolbox, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t fallen out of fashion.