DDoS

Skype – IP will now be hidden by default to avoid attacksSkype – IP will now be hidden by default to avoid attacks

Skype – IP will now be hidden by default to avoid attacks

Skype announced it will hide the user’s IP address, the new security feature is enabled by default in the latest…

9 years ago
Law Enforcement raided DDoS extortion group DD4BCLaw Enforcement raided DDoS extortion group DD4BC

Law Enforcement raided DDoS extortion group DD4BC

The Europol announced the arrest of two individuals suspected of being tied to the DD4BC criminal group specialized in extortion…

9 years ago
DDoS attack on BBC may have reached 602Gbps, never so powerfulDDoS attack on BBC may have reached 602Gbps, never so powerful

DDoS attack on BBC may have reached 602Gbps, never so powerful

The  hacking group New World Hacking that claimed the responsibility for the BBC attack revealed that the DDoS attack reached…

9 years ago
Phantom Squad took credit for the PlayStation network outagePhantom Squad took credit for the PlayStation network outage

Phantom Squad took credit for the PlayStation network outage

The hacking crew Phantom Squad claims responsibility for an alleged DDoS attack that brought down the PlayStation Network. Around 13:00…

9 years ago
Anti-IS group ‘New World Hackers’ claims BBC website attackAnti-IS group ‘New World Hackers’ claims BBC website attack

Anti-IS group ‘New World Hackers’ claims BBC website attack

A group of hackers named "New World Hackers" claims the DDoS attack on BBC's website. They launched it to test…

9 years ago
NCA launched #CyberChoice campaign, to prevent youngsters become cyber criminalsNCA launched #CyberChoice campaign, to prevent youngsters become cyber criminals

NCA launched #CyberChoice campaign, to prevent youngsters become cyber criminals

The Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched this week #CyberChoices campaign that targets parents of youngsters aged 12-15 to…

9 years ago
Internet root servers flooded with 5 million queries a secondInternet root servers flooded with 5 million queries a second

Internet root servers flooded with 5 million queries a second

Two anomalous DDoS attacks have flooded the Internet root servers that received more than 5 million queries a second. Early…

9 years ago
Stop DDoS attacks in secondsStop DDoS attacks in seconds

Stop DDoS attacks in seconds

An Israeli company named "L7 Defense" is trying to do the impossible - to stop application layer DDoS attacks in…

9 years ago
Chikdos cross-platform DDoS botnet hit SQL servers worldwideChikdos cross-platform DDoS botnet hit SQL servers worldwide

Chikdos cross-platform DDoS botnet hit SQL servers worldwide

Experts at Symantec have discovered a new variant of  the Chikdos DDoS-Trojan that is targeting MySQL servers worldwide. There is…

9 years ago
Crooks are hacking CCTV Cameras to launch severe DDoS attacksCrooks are hacking CCTV Cameras to launch severe DDoS attacks

Crooks are hacking CCTV Cameras to launch severe DDoS attacks

Imperva has discovered that attackers hijack CCTV cameras to launch powerful DDoS attacks exploiting weak credentials and poor configurations of…

9 years ago