Security News

Teen Hacker Avoids Jail Over On-Demand DDoS Attacks
2017-12-20 14:03

Student Disrupted Amazon, NatWest, Netflix for vDOS 'Stresser' Service UsersA British teenager has avoided jail time after pleading guilty to thousands of DDoS disruptions against Amazon, Netflix,...

2017 Forrester Wave: DDoS Mitigation Solutions report
2017-12-14 13:50

In their 36-criteria evaluation of DDoS mitigation providers, Forrester identified 11 of the most significant ones — Akamai Technologies, Arbor Networks, Cloudflare, F5 Networks, Fortinet, Huawei...

Two Hackers Plead Guilty to Creating & Using Mirai Botnet for Massive DDoS Attacks
2017-12-13 16:48

The U.S. federal officials have arrested two hackers who have pleaded guilty to computer-crimes charges for creating and distributing Mirai botnet that crippled some of the world's biggest and...

DDoS attackers increasingly targeting cryptocurrency exchanges
2017-12-06 16:22

The extraordinary volatility of the price of bitcoin has spurred speculators to employ a wide variety of tricks to make it swing between extremes, so that they can take advantage of it. The...

IoT, Android Botnets Emerge as Powerful DDoS Tools: Akamai
2017-11-28 22:17

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks observed during the third quarter employed familiar vectors, but a newcomer that made headlines for abusing Android devices is expected to evolve, a...

Criminals leverage unsecured IoT devices, DDoS attacks surge
2017-11-20 16:24

Organizations experienced an average of 237 DDoS attack attempts per month during Q3 2017 – equivalent to 8 DDoS attack attempts every day – as hackers strive to take their organisations offline...

Police: DDoS Provider Targeted Google, Pokemon, Skype
2017-11-02 13:03

British Man Charged With DDoS Disruptions, Selling Malware and 'Crypters'A 21-year-old man appeared in British court this week to face 11 charges, including using DDoS attacks to disrupt sites run...

Infosec expert viewpoint: DDoS attacks
2017-10-26 15:35

DDoS attacks have become more extensive and are testing the limits of existing DDoS mitigation tools and practices, as well as affecting online businesses globally. Organizations are experiencing...

FBI to DDoS Victims: Please Come Forward
2017-10-19 13:47

Bureau Issues Stresser/Booter and Internet of Things WarningsThe FBI is asking all U.S. victims of DDoS attacks to please come forward. The bureau's plea for more information from cyberattack...

FBI Asks Businesses to Share Details About DDoS Attacks
2017-10-18 20:08

The FBI has made an appeal to organizations victimized by DDoS attacks to share details and characteristics of those incidents.