Security News

Boston Public Library discloses cyberattack, system-wide technical outage
2021-08-27 15:18

The Boston Public Library has disclosed today that its network was hit by a cyberattack on Wednesday, leading to a system-wide technical outage. It is the third-largest public library in the United States behind the federal Library of Congress and the New York Public Library, based on the total number of items it holds.

Akamai Software Update Triggers Internet Outages
2021-07-22 19:36

Websites were briefly knocked offline Thursday after a software update triggered a glitch at network specialty firm Akamai. Reports of internet outages from locations around the world spiked at website Downdetector, with US-based Akamai saying some websites were offline for as long as an hour.

Akamai DNS global outage takes down major websites, online services
2021-07-22 16:39

Akamai is investigating an ongoing outage affecting many major websites and online services, including Steam, the PlayStation Network, Newegg, AWS, Amazon, Google, and Salesforce. While the company has already acknowledged the issue, pinning it on an Edge DNS service problem, Akamai is still trying to find the underlying cause behind the incident.

Akamai Blames Outage on DDoS Protection Service
2021-06-18 10:12

CDN, cybersecurity and cloud services provider Akamai has blamed an outage that occurred on Thursday on an issue with its Prolexic DDoS attack protection service. Akamai's Prolexic Routed is a fully managed service designed to protect an organization's online assets against distributed denial-of-service attacks.

Microsoft Linux repos suffer day-long outage, still recovering
2021-06-18 08:41

This week, Microsoft's Linux package repositories suffered an hours-long outage, followed by performance issues spanning over a day. Microsoft engineers have acknowledged the issue and are working towards a resolution.

Microsoft Linux repos suffer day-long outage, still recovering
2021-06-18 08:41

This week, Microsoft's Linux package repositories suffered an hours-long outage, followed by performance issues spanning over a day. Microsoft engineers have acknowledged the issue and are working towards a resolution.

Hiccup in Akamai’s DDoS Mitigation Service Triggers Massive String of Outages
2021-06-17 12:50

Major financial institutions, airlines and the Hong Kong stock exchange were knocked offline by a backfiring distributed denial-of-service mitigation service Thursday. The hour-long outage, which was triggered at approximately 1 a.m. EST Thursday, is tied to Akamai Technology's anti-DDoS Prolexic service.

StackOverflow, Twitch, Reddit, others down in Fastly CDN outage
2021-06-08 10:33

While an investigation is ongoing as to what the reason behind the outage might be, Fastly CDN has been seen as the common link. Many of the impacted websites on the list rely on Fastly CDN to serve content, as noted by BleepingComputer.

Cyberattack Suspected in Cox TV and Radio Outages
2021-06-04 20:21

A reported ransomware attack on Cox Media Group has crippled streaming and other internal operations of dozens of radio and television stations scattered across America's 20 broadcast markets. Recorded Future first reported the ransomware attack and others news outlets quickly confirmed CMG feeds were being disrupted - including streaming service Hulu.

Brit retailer Furniture Village confirms 'cyber-attack' as systems outage rolls into Day 7
2021-06-04 08:15

Furniture Village - the UK's largest independent furniture retailer with 54 stores nationwide - has been hit by a "Cyber-attack", the company confirmed to The Register. The problems emerged last weekend on 29 May when Furniture Village admitted it was experiencing "Technical issues" and it was unable to answer calls.