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Far from being a simple hacktivist filled with an impulse for social justice, a different picture emerges when his activity is collated together.

And why serial self-promoter John McAfee is a security expert on Russian hacking Senate Democrats are pressing government officials to explain their claims on election tampering and cyberattacks.…

It’s a typical Wednesday. I’m sitting in the lounge at the Imperva office going through emails when I stumble onto a whitepaper titled Trust Implications of DDoS Protection in Online Elections....

ZDNet's Steve Ranger explains why DDoS attacks are increasing in frequency and power.

When is a DDoS attack not a DDoS attack? When it's caused by your own recently-launched DNS service.

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

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...

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...

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