Security News

Difficult to block JavaScript-based ransomware can hit all operating systems (Help Net Security)
2016-01-04 10:41

A new type of ransomware that still goes undetected by the great majority of AV solutions has been spotted and analyzed by Emsisoft researchers (via Google Translate). Ransom32 is delivered on the ...

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...