DDoS

Large Scale DDoS Attempted Take Down of DNS Root Servers

Someone actually tried the impossible on two separate occasions, to take down the internet's backbone. They did ultimately fail for…

9 years ago

The National Crime Agency’s Anti-Cyber Crime Campaign is Embarrassing and Ignorant

The National Crime Agency embarked on an appalling advertising campaign yesterday "aimed at educating the parents of 12-15 year old…

9 years ago

University Network “Janet” Struck by Cyber Attack

Universities in the UK have been struck by a DDOS attack which caused major outages to the Janet network. This…

9 years ago

Anonymous Claims CloudFlare Protects Pro-ISIS Sites

Anonymous started a new offensive against ISIS following the terrible attacks on Paris and while we all like that part, it's…

9 years ago

Tor Exit Nodes Hit by Large-Scale DDoS Attacks From the UK

Several operators have reported that their Tor exit nodes have been hit by large-scale DDoS attacks originating in the UK.…

9 years ago

UK E-tailers Taken Offline by DDoS Attacks

Yesterday, UK based e-tailers were the apparent victims of a DDoS attack that took Aria Technology, Novatech, and Scan Computers websites…

9 years ago

Chinese Devices Mount Massive DDoS Web Attack

Cyber attacks are an increasing and dangerous threat which is perpetrated by groups and countries alike, these attacks are a…

9 years ago

NCA Website Temporarily Taken Offline by Lizard Squad DDOS Revenge Attack

The National Crime Agency is a UK body which tackles online cyber attacks and recently arrested 6 people for using…

9 years ago

Six Arrested in Lizard Squad Crackdown

Six people in the UK have been arrested for using Lizard Squad’s infamous DDoS tool, Lizard Stresser. Operation Vivarium, co-ordinated…

9 years ago

DDOS Attacks Reach Record Numbers in Q2 2015

The State of the Internet report from Akamai has revealed an alarming statistic concerning the prevalence of DDOS attacks. Shockingly, there was…

9 years ago

Hosting Companies Could Be Hit With New DDoS Attack

Denial Of Service (Or DDoS) attacks have become more and more frequent in recent years with the expansion of the…

9 years ago

DDoS Attack Puts a Stop to Valve’s Dota 2 Tournament

Well, Well, Valve's Dota 2 international competition, The International 2015, is underway and this time things got a bit serious.…

9 years ago

Average DDoS Attack Increasing in Magnitude Warns Arbor Networks

The size of the average distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack has increased to a worrying magnitude, according to Arbor…

9 years ago

Reddit Rival Voat Decimated by DDoS Attacks

Voat, the Swiss news aggregation and social networking site which saw a surge in users in the wake of the…

9 years ago

Lizard Squad Hacker Convicted of 50,000 Counts of Computer Crime

A Finnish hacker, and member of the notorious Lizard Squad, has been found guilty of 50,700 charges of hacking, according…

9 years ago