Mirai — the worm responsible for infecting tens of millions of IoT devices which were used as a botnet to DDoS managed DNS infrastructure provider Dyn in October — has ...
December 4, 2016 at 9:00 pm by Ashley Allen
International non-profit the Internet Society (ISOC) has taken a long look at global online security, and it does not like what it sees. In a new report, prompted by a ...
November 28, 2016 at 9:00 pm by Ashley Allen
Last month, managed DNS infrastructure provider Dyn was hit by a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, taking out popular sites, such as Twitter, reddit, and ...
November 22, 2016 at 8:00 pm by Ashley Allen
On Friday (21st October), a malicious party was responsible for a huge DDoS attack on Managed DNS infrastructure provider Dyn, taking out sites like Twitter, SoundCloud, ...
October 23, 2016 at 11:00 pm by Ashley Allen
DDoS attacks are nothing new, they’re going on all the time around the web, taking down websites, companies, stores, you name it. However, the attack that recently took ...
September 30, 2016 at 6:43 pm by Peter Donnell
A renowned security technologist has revealed that someone – possibly Chinese or Russian – is planning to take down the online infrastructures that effectively run the ...
September 13, 2016 at 10:45 pm by Ashley Allen
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past month, you’ll know about Pokemon Go. The monster collecting augmented reality game has taken the world by ...
July 16, 2016 at 5:40 pm by Alexander Neil
Lizard Squad were made famous when they claimed responsibility for the outage of both Playstation’s and Xbox’s multiplayer over the Christmas period. Since then ...
July 4, 2016 at 9:00 am by Gareth Andrews
When it comes to using computers, a lot of us feel out of depth when warnings and unwanted pop-ups create unexpected situations that can cost us hours in time as we figure out ...
June 28, 2016 at 10:20 am by Gareth Andrews
When it comes to online gaming, every advantage is one that players will often try to use. These advantages can either be an upgraded piece of hardware or a new gaming mouse ...
May 1, 2016 at 11:40 am by Gareth Andrews
DDoS (Distributed Denial Of Service) attacks are on the rise, with more and more people suffering from the online attack. These attacks tend to hit companies and businesses ...
April 26, 2016 at 9:35 am by Gareth Andrews
Security firm Staminus servers have been taken offline today, following a supposedly successful cyber-attack on their network. The Newport Beach, California-based hosting and ...
March 11, 2016 at 8:40 pm by Alexander Neil
DDoS attacks are becoming more prevalent each year, and a real nuisance for service providers trying to effectively run a network. The idea behind these attacks is to ...
March 1, 2016 at 10:40 pm by John Williamson
Following its attack on Xbox Live earlier this week, hacker group Phantom Squad has threatened to take down both Xbox Live and PlayStation Network for a week over Christmas, ...
December 18, 2015 at 7:14 pm by Ashley Allen
Only a few days ago, the “hacking group” known as Phantom Squad threatened to shut down Xbox Live and PlayStation Network during the Christmas period. Before I ...
December 18, 2015 at 3:40 pm by John Williamson
