Security News

New DDoS attacks misuse NetBIOS name server, RPC portmap, and Sentinel licensing servers (Help Net Security)
2015-10-29 07:30

Akamai has observed three new reflection DDoS attacks in recent months: NetBIOS name server reflection, RPC portmap reflection, and Sentinel reflection. In a reflection DDoS attack, also called a D...

quot;Chikdosquot; Malware Abuses MySQL Servers for DDoS Attacks (SecurityWeek)
2015-10-28 16:36

Attackers are turning MySQL servers into DDoS bots (Help Net Security)
2015-10-28 15:34

Someone has been compromising MySQL servers around the world and using them to mount DDoS attacks. The latest targets of these attacks are an (unnamed) US hosting provider and a Chinese IP address. ...

DDoS botnet comprised of nearly a thousand CCTV cameras (SC Magazine)
2015-10-26 22:36

Can bounty hunters stop the DDoS gangs? (SC Magazine)
2015-10-25 17:36

Rutgers' student calls for tuition refund after latest DDoS attack (SC Magazine)
2015-10-14 20:28

DDOS defences spiked by CloudPiercer tool (The Register)
2015-10-08 08:09

Four teens, adult arrested for Ziggo DDoS attacks (SC Magazine)
2015-10-07 20:23

Attackers prefer lower-bandwidth DDoS attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-10-06 07:30

Analyzing customer data, Corero found that attackers are continuing to leverage sub-saturating DDoS attacks with increasing frequency, using shorter attack durations to evade legacy cloud DDoS scrubbi...

Early warning helped five Russian banks ward off DDoS attacks (SC Magazine)
2015-10-02 17:28