Security News

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.

Mirai Giving DDoS-as-a-Service Industry a Boost (Threatpost)
2016-12-14 19:12

Activity on a number of Dark Web hacker forums indicates that while people are downloading the Mirai malware source code, they need help setting it up.

DDoS attacks via WordPress now come with encryption (Help Net Security)
2016-12-14 13:51

Kaspersky Lab experts have noted an emerging trend – a growth in the number of attacks using encryption. Such attacks are highly effective due to the difficulty in identifying them amongst the...

Law Enforcement Targets Users of DDoS-For-Hire Services (Threatpost)
2016-12-14 12:16

Law enforcement from more than a dozen countries last week carried out a series of operations designed to crack down on DDoS-for-hire services.