DDoS

Ello Social Network knocked down by a cyber attackEllo Social Network knocked down by a cyber attack

Ello Social Network knocked down by a cyber attack

Ello, the new social network which is considered the anti-Facebook, was knocked down on Sunday by a distributed denial of…

11 years ago
Spike botnet runs DDoS attacks from IoT devicesSpike botnet runs DDoS attacks from IoT devices

Spike botnet runs DDoS attacks from IoT devices

Experts at Akamai spotted a new malware kit named Spike which is used by bad actors to run DDoS attacks…

11 years ago
New BoSSaBoTv2 botnet targeting vulnerable ServersNew BoSSaBoTv2 botnet targeting vulnerable Servers

New BoSSaBoTv2 botnet targeting vulnerable Servers

Trustwave has detected a new series of attacks on servers worldwide based on the exploitation of old CGI-PHP vulnerability to…

11 years ago
Chinese criminal underground is doubled between 2012 and 2013Chinese criminal underground is doubled between 2012 and 2013

Chinese criminal underground is doubled between 2012 and 2013

Expert at TrendMicro published a new chapter of the Cybercriminal Underground Economy Series in which analyzed the Chinese underground. Chinese…

11 years ago
IptabLes and IptabLex botnet targeting Linux servers to run large-scale DDoS attacksIptabLes and IptabLex botnet targeting Linux servers to run large-scale DDoS attacks

IptabLes and IptabLex botnet targeting Linux servers to run large-scale DDoS attacks

Experts at Akamai-Prolexic discovered a botnet dubbed IptabLes and IptabLex that infects and exploits poorly-maintained Linux servers to run DDoS…

11 years ago
Russian Hackers disguise Kelihos bot as Anti-Government SoftwareRussian Hackers disguise Kelihos bot as Anti-Government Software

Russian Hackers disguise Kelihos bot as Anti-Government Software

Russian Hackers are spreading the Kelihos Trojan leading victims into believing that it is a software to hit Western Governments.…

11 years ago
OpSaveGaza , Anonymous paralized Mossad website with a DDoSOpSaveGaza , Anonymous paralized Mossad website with a DDoS

OpSaveGaza , Anonymous paralized Mossad website with a DDoS

Members of the group of hacktivists Anonymous have coordinated a major Distributed Denial of Service attack early this morning as…

11 years ago
Fake Googlebots used to run application-layer DDoSFake Googlebots used to run application-layer DDoS

Fake Googlebots used to run application-layer DDoS

Security experts at Incapsula are observing a surge in the used of fake Googlebots to launch and carry out application-layer…

11 years ago
Critical flaw in TimThumb plugin menaces the WordPress worldCritical flaw in TimThumb plugin menaces the WordPress world

Critical flaw in TimThumb plugin menaces the WordPress world

A critical vulnerability in the WebShot feature implemented by TimThumb plugin expose WordPress instance to Remote Code Execution attacks. The…

11 years ago
Largest DDoS attack hit PopVote, Hong Kong Democracy voting siteLargest DDoS attack hit PopVote, Hong Kong Democracy voting site

Largest DDoS attack hit PopVote, Hong Kong Democracy voting site

Largest DDoS attack hit PopVote, Hong Kong Democracy voting website.  Experts at CloudFlare observed a three hundred gigabits per second…

11 years ago