Security News

Necurs Botnet Learns New DDoS Trick (Threatpost)
2017-02-27 12:00

Researchers say Necurs malware has been updated with a module that adds SOCKS/HTTP proxy and DDOS capabilities to this malware.

DDoS attacks increasingly form blended attacks of more vulnerabilities (Help Net Security)
2017-02-09 13:46

DDoS attacks increasingly formed blended attacks of four or more vulnerabilities over the course of the fourth quarter of 2016, with an intent to overload targeted monitoring, detection and...

Innovation and exploitation fuel DDoS attack landscape (Help Net Security)
2017-01-25 13:30

Arbor Networks released its 12th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report offering direct insights from network and security professionals at global service providers, cloud/hosting and...

FireCrypt Ransomware Contains DDoS Functionality (Threatpost)
2017-01-05 17:50

In addition to encrypting files, a new strain of ransomware, FireCrypt, also attempts to carry out a weak DDoS attack.