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The continuous use of compromised Internet of Things (IoT) devices to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks has helped cybercriminals increase the complexity of their assaults,...
Records From Hacked Stresser/Booter Service vDos Helped Unmask SuspectIn separate cases, two hackers have either pleaded guilty or been sentenced to serve jail time in part for launching or...
A New Mexico man admitted in court this week to launching distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against the websites of former employers, business competitors, and public services. read more
The newly released Q3 2017 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report from Imperva Incapsula features insights on attacks and mitigation. These are some of the key findings: Bitcoin was one of the most...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...