Security News

New application level attack bodes ill for hybrid DDoS protection (Help Net Security)
2016-04-07 21:26

Imperva has recently witnessed a new type of DDoS attack they believe might become a go-to for cyber criminals looking to take sites and services down. The attack was an application layer DDoS...

eBook: Guide to protecting SaaS apps from DDoS attacks (Help Net Security)
2016-04-06 14:15

With a business model dependent on 100% uptime for their online customers, the last thing SaaS companies can afford is a DDoS attack. Read this DDoS eBook from Incapsula and find out: Why SaaS...

Calculate the cost and probability of a DDoS attack (Help Net Security)
2016-04-04 17:55

DDoS attacks are becoming increasingly larger, more complex, and perpetrated by cyber extortionist instead of hacktivists and vandals, according to a recent survey from Arbor Networks. New...

Root Servers Were Not Targets of 2015 DDoS Attack (Threatpost)
2016-03-30 19:44

Two VeriSign researchers are expected to deliver a talk this week that explains how two Chinese domains were the targets of 2015 DDoS attacks that impacted the Internet’s root name servers.

Iranians Indicted Over DDoS Campaign on Banks, Dam Hack (Threatpost)
2016-03-24 19:15

The U.S. indicted seven hackers affiliated with the Iranian government on Thursday for a series of DDoS attacks on U.S. banks and attempting to hack a New York dam.