Security News

Lawmakers Asking What ISPs Can Do About DDoS Attacks (Threatpost)
2016-10-26 15:00

Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia wrote a letter to the heads of the FCC, FTC and DHS asking whether ISPs have the power to keep insecure connected devices off the public Internet.

Terabit-scale DDoS events are on the horizon (Help Net Security)
2016-10-26 12:30

Corero Network Security has disclosed a new DDoS attack vector observed for the first time against its customers last week. The technique is an amplification attack, which utilizes the Lightweight...

Dyn DDoS Work of Script Kiddies, Not Politically Motivated Hackers (Threatpost)
2016-10-25 19:00

Researchers at Flashpoint said Friday's DDoS attack against DNS provider Dyn was likely the work of script kiddies and not advanced attackers.