Security News

Tips for Hardening Networks Against IoT-based DDoS Attacks
2018-05-30 16:41

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been a boon for the cybercriminal industry. IoT devices number in the billions worldwide and most are unsecured or undersecured, making them appealing targets to...

Cloudflare Improves DDoS Mitigation Tool
2018-05-22 18:32

Cloudflare announced a series of improvements to its Rate Limiting distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection tool this week.  read more

DDOS scum have moved to Layer 7, says Cloudflare
2018-05-22 03:57

Bad actors increasingly target application processes instead of flooding networks Attackers have noticed that the world is getting better at fending off massive DDoS attacks, and are trying to...

DDoS Attacker Receives 15-Year Sentence
2018-05-21 16:03

Convicted Felon John Gammell Pleaded Guilty to Disruptions, Possessing FirearmsJohn Gammell of New Mexico has been sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for launching DDoS attacks against prior...

Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for DDoS Attacks, Firearm Charges
2018-05-18 08:39

A New Mexico man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on dozens of organizations and for firearms-related charges. read more

Google Offers Free DDoS Protection for U.S. Political Organizations
2018-05-17 10:16

Jigsaw, an incubator run by Google parent Alphabet, this week announced the availability of Project Shield – which offers free distributed denial of service (DDoS) protections – for the U.S....

Attackers Use UPnP to Sidestep DDoS Defenses
2018-05-15 16:19

Universal Plug and Play networking protocols can be exploited to bypass DDoS mitigations.

UPnP protocol exploit makes it harder for IT to shut down DDoS attacks
2018-05-15 15:46

Attackers can use the Universal Plug and Play protocol to hide packet sources during a DDoS attack.

New DDoS Attack Method Obfuscates Source Port Data
2018-05-15 12:11

Recent distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks showed evidence of a new method being used to bypass existing defenses by obfuscating source port data, Imperva says. read more

The Changing DDoS Landscape
2018-05-10 18:03

Mike Boose of Arbor Networks on Best Mitigation PracticesDDoS attacks are morphing from being political statements to a diversion while other forms of attacks are occurring, says Arbor Network's...