IoT-based DDoS attacks on the rise
Cybercriminal networks are increasingly taking advantage of lax Internet of Things device security to spread malware and create zombie networks, or botnets, unbeknownst to …
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UDP flood attacks becoming increasingly powerful
When it comes to quantitative indicators, the last quarter can be marked by significant quantitative decline, according to DDoS-GUARD. The number of detected DDoS attacks is …
DDoS and web application attacks keep escalating
Akamai Technologies released its Second Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet / Security Report, which highlights the cloud security landscape, specifically trends with DDoS and …
Business still ill-prepared to handle modern DDoS attacks
In September 1996, New York City’s original ISP, Panix, was hit by a SYN flood denial of service attack that took them offline for several days. At a time when only 20 million …
DDoS downtime calculator based on real-world information
Are you wondering how you can assess the risks associated with a DDoS attack? Incapsula’s free DDoS Downtime Calculator offers case-specific information adjusted to the …
US 911 emergency system can be crippled by a mobile botnet
What would it take for attackers to significantly disrupt the 911 emergency system across the US? According to researchers from Ben-Gurion Univerisity of the Negev’s …
Mirai Linux Trojan corrals IoT devices into DDoS botnets
Mirai, a newly discovered and still poorly detected piece of Linux malware, is being used to rope IoT devices into DDoS botnets. Researchers from MalwareMustDie have recently …
Subverting protection into DDoS attacks
On average, DNSSEC reflection can transform an 80-byte query into a 2,313-byte response, an amplification factor of nearly 30 times, which can easily cause a network service …
The economic impact of security incidents on critical information infrastructures
Cyber security incidents affecting CIIs (Critical Information Infrastructures) are considered nowadays global risks that can have significant negative impact for several …
DDoS attacks increase 83%, Russia top victim
DDoS attacks increased 83 percent to more than 182,900 attacks in the second quarter of the year, according to Nexusguard. The newest report shows that Russia has become the …
