DDoS

Mirai Botnet Takes Down One Million German Routers

Mirai — the worm responsible for infecting tens of millions of IoT devices which were used as a botnet to DDoS…

8 years ago

Internet Society Attacks State of Global Online Security

International non-profit the Internet Society (ISOC) has taken a long look at global online security, and it does not like…

8 years ago

Angry Gamer Triggered Second Biggest DDoS of 2016

Last month, managed DNS infrastructure provider Dyn was hit by a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, taking out…

8 years ago

John McAfee Points Finger over Massive DDoS Attack

On Friday (21st October), a malicious party was responsible for a huge DDoS attack on Managed DNS infrastructure provider Dyn,…

8 years ago

Record-Breaking DDoS Was Delivered By 145k Hacked Cameras

DDoS attacks are nothing new, they're going on all the time around the web, taking down websites, companies, stores, you…

8 years ago

Is Someone Plotting to Take Down the Whole Internet?

A renowned security technologist has revealed that someone – possibly Chinese or Russian – is planning to take down the…

8 years ago

Hacking Group Claim Responsibility for Pokemon GO Servers Being Down

If you haven't been living under a rock for the past month, you'll know about Pokemon Go. The monster collecting…

8 years ago

Lizard Squad Using CCTV Cameras to DDoS People

Lizard Squad were made famous when they claimed responsibility for the outage of both Playstation's and Xbox's multiplayer over the Christmas…

8 years ago

BotNet of CCTV Cameras Discovered

When it comes to using computers, a lot of us feel out of depth when warnings and unwanted pop-ups create…

8 years ago

Ubisoft Blunder Gives Away Your IP Address in Rainbow Six

When it comes to online gaming, every advantage is one that players will often try to use. These advantages can…

9 years ago

DDoS Extortionists Are Getting Paid Without a Single DDoS Attack

DDoS (Distributed Denial Of Service) attacks are on the rise, with more and more people suffering from the online attack.…

9 years ago

Hackers Leave Advice for Breached Security Company

Security firm Staminus servers have been taken offline today, following a supposedly successful cyber-attack on their network. The Newport Beach,…

9 years ago

DDoS Attacks Increase by 148.85 Percent

DDoS attacks are becoming more prevalent each year, and a real nuisance for service providers trying to effectively run a…

9 years ago

Phantom Squad Threatens Week-Long Xbox Live and PSN Attack over Christmas

Following its attack on Xbox Live earlier this week, hacker group Phantom Squad has threatened to take down both Xbox…

9 years ago

Xbox Live Hit by Phantom Squad DDoS Attack

Only a few days ago, the "hacking group" known as Phantom Squad threatened to shut down Xbox Live and PlayStation…

9 years ago