Security News

NTP Patches Flaws That Enable DDoS (Threatpost)
2016-06-03 18:45

The network time protocol was updated to ntp-4.2.8p8, patching a handful of vulnerabilities that can be leveraged in DDoS attacks.

The impossible task of preventing a DDoS attack (IT Toolbox Blogs)
2016-06-03 09:23

How visibility can help detect and counter DDoS attacks (Help Net Security)
2016-05-31 13:15

It’s been proven that preventive medical strategies are more cost-effective for treatment and better solutions to support long-term health than reactive medical measures. Anticipating issues and...

DNS provider NS1 hit with multi-faceted DDoS attacks (Help Net Security)
2016-05-26 15:50

Early last week, DNS and traffic management provider NS1 was hit with a series of DDoS attacks that lasted several days, and managed to impact DNS delivery in the European, American and Asian...

Potent DDoS Attack Hits Managed DNS Provider NS1 (SecurityWeek)
2016-05-26 14:09

DDOS-as-a-service offered for just five dollars (The Register)
2016-05-26 05:54

Major DNS provider hit by mysterious, focused DDoS attack (ArsTechnica)
2016-05-25 14:39

Cybercriminals add DDoS component to ransomware payloads (Help Net Security)
2016-05-24 13:00

Instead of just encrypting data files on a workstation (plus any network drive it can find) and locking the machine, a new variant of the Cerber ransomware is now adding a DDoS bot that can...

Multi-Purpose Ransomware Fuels DDoS Attacks (SecurityWeek)
2016-05-20 16:24

Researchers' Goal: Mitigate DDoS Attacks Within 10 Seconds (InfoRiskToday)
2016-05-10 22:19