Security News

Repeat DDoS and web application attacks become the norm (Help Net Security)
2016-03-02 16:02

Akamai Technologies has shared the latest DDoS and web application attacks numbers in its Q4 2015 State of the Internet report. DDoS attack activity at a glance During Q4, repeat DDoS attacks were...

Google offers free DDoS protection to independent news sites (Help Net Security)
2016-02-25 21:51

Google (i.e. Alphabet) has created a free DDoS protection service to help independent news sites, sites focused on human rights and on election monitoring withstand DDoS attacks, which have become...

Is your WordPress site being misused for DDoS attacks? (Help Net Security)
2016-02-18 18:37

Many WordPress websites are still being misused to perform layer 7 DDoS attacks against target servers, even though preventing them from participating in these attacks is as simple as disabling...