Security News

World's biggest DDoS-for-hire site shuttered, admins cuffed
2018-04-25 15:59

Webstresser.org taken down by Europol and chums Cops yesterday cuffed IT admins behind the "world’s biggest DDoS marketplace", webstresser.org, Europol has confirmed.…

Europol Smacks Down World’s Largest DDoS-for-Hire Market
2018-04-25 15:49

Webstresser[.]org, a DDoS-for-hire market believed to be behind at least 4 million cyberattacks around the world, has served up its last internet-paralyzing traffic tsunami.

Police Shut Down World's Biggest 'DDoS-for-Hire' Service–Admins Arrested
2018-04-25 14:03

In a major hit against international cybercriminals, the Dutch police have taken down the world's biggest DDoS-for-hire service that helped cyber criminals launch over 4 million attacks and...

Here's how much money a business should expect to lose if they're hit with a DDoS attack
2018-04-17 13:05

More than two-thirds of organizations experience between 20 to 50 DDoS attack attempts each month, according to Corero Network Security.

Real-time detection of consumer IoT devices participating in DDoS attacks
2018-04-16 12:05

Could we detect compromised consumer IoT devices participating in a DDoS attack in real-time and do someting about it? A group of researchers Princeton University have presented some encouraging...

SAP's Business Client can own entire apps, DDOS them into dust
2018-04-11 03:58

And that's the worst of ten patches awaiting lucky, lucky SAP admins SAP has issued its >April security update, which brings a waiting world news of ten patch-worthy problems.…

Mirai Variant Targets Financial Sector With IoT DDoS Attacks
2018-04-06 19:24

Researchers said a Mirai botnet variant, possibly linked to the IoTroop or Reaper botnet, was leveraged in attacks against the financial sector.

Financial Services DDoS Attacks Tied to Reaper Botnet
2018-04-05 16:59

Recorded Future's "Insikt" threat intelligence research group has linked the Mirai variant IoTroop (aka Reaper) botnet with attacks on the Netherlands financial sector in January 2018. The...

Do you have what it takes to withstand modern DDoS attacks?
2018-03-26 14:18

As the latest record DDoS attack hit GitHub and threatened to overwhelm its edge network, the popular Git-repository hosting service quickly switched to routing the attack traffic to their DDoS...

You Can DDoS an Organization for Just $10 per Hour: Cybercrime Report
2018-03-22 16:54

The cost of having an organization targeted by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack for an hour is as low as $10, cybersecurity firm Armor says. The low cost of launching such attacks...