Security News

National Crime Agency hit by DDoS barrage (The Register)
2016-11-09 17:43

Finns chilling as DDoS knocks out building control system (The Register)
2016-11-09 03:43

Hackers attempt DDoS attacks on Clinton and Trump campaign websites using Mirai botnet (TechRepublic)
2016-11-08 16:13

Apocalypse now: The IoT DDoS threat (Help Net Security)
2016-11-08 13:15

One of the things you learn about humanity, if you’re paying attention, is that “gold rushes” bring out the worse in us. When there are no constraints and there is a greed motivator, people will...

Lessons From the Dyn DDoS Attack (Schneier on Security)
2016-11-08 12:25

A week ago Friday, someone took down numerous popular websites in a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the domain name provider Dyn. DDoS attacks are neither new nor...

DDoS Attack Leaves Finnish Apartments Without Heat (Forbes)
2016-11-07 18:28

Liberia DDoS blamed on Mirai IoT botnet (The Register)
2016-11-04 16:58

Test-Run DDoS Attacks Against Liberia Cease (Threatpost)
2016-11-04 15:05

Intermittent DDoS attacks affecting Internet connectivity nationwide in West African nation Liberia have ceased. One researcher says it’s a test for something else.

Linux/IRCTelnet creates new, powerful IoT DDoS botnet (Help Net Security)
2016-11-02 19:42

Linux/IRCTelnet (new Aidra), a new piece of Linux malware targeting IoT devices and turning them into DDoS-capable bots, has been spotted and analyzed by one of the researchers who share their...

DDoS-Capable IRCTelnet IoT Botnet Emerges (SecurityWeek)
2016-11-02 17:27