Security News

Hand-cranked DDoS floors Thai government website amid protests (The Register)
2015-10-02 13:28

DDoS Warnings: Emerging Threats Pack a Punch (InfoRiskToday)
2015-10-01 12:11

7 key global DDoS trends revealed (Help Net Security)
2015-10-01 11:15

Neustar released the findings of its latest DDoS report, including key trends. The global research reveals more activity around targeted, smaller assaults aimed at distracting firms’ IT departments wh...

Linux botnet observed launching powerful DDoS attacks (SC Magazine)
2015-09-29 22:16

XOR DDoS botnet launching attacks from compromised Linux machines (Help Net Security)
2015-09-29 13:59

Attackers have developed a botnet capable of 150+ Gbps DDoS attack campaigns using XOR DDoS, a Trojan malware used to hijack Linux systems, according to Akamai. What is XOR DDoS? XOR DDoS is a T...

DDoS attack sent 4.5 billion requests using mobile browsers (SC Magazine)
2015-09-29 12:16

Botnet preying on Linux computers delivers potent DDoS attacks (ArsTechnica)
2015-09-29 11:18

JavaScript DDoS Attack Peaks at 275,000 Requests-Per-Second (Threatpost)
2015-09-28 16:24

CloudFlare reports a massive JavaScript-based DDoS attack against one its customers, likely carried out by unsuspecting mobile browsers served a malicious ad.

Mobile ad network exploited to launch JavaScript-based DDoS attack (Help Net Security)
2015-09-28 14:24

A type of DDoS attack that has until now been mostly theoretical has become reality: CloudFlare engineers have spotted a browser-based Layer 7 flood hitting one of its customers with as many as 275,00...

New DDoS attack uses smartphone browsers to flood site with 4.5bn requests (ZDNet)
2015-09-28 12:16