Companies expects others to protect them against DDoS attacks
One in five businesses surveyed believe that their online services should be protected against DDoS attacks by their IT service providers (in particular, network providers). …
New DDoS attack and tools use Google Maps plugin as proxy
Attackers are using Joomla servers with a vulnerable Google Maps plugin installed as a platform for launching DDoS attacks. A known vulnerability in a Google Maps plugin for …
New multi-purpose backdoor targets Linux servers
A new multi-purpose Linux Trojan that opens a backdoor on the target machine and can make it participate in DDoS attacks has been discovered and analyzed by Dr. Web …
Nearly half of all DDoS attacks use multiple attack vectors
Akamai released a new security report that provides analysis and insight into the global attack threat landscape including DDoS attacks. Akamai observed a 52 percent increase …
How much can a DDoS attack cost your organization?
A DDoS attack on a company’s online resources might cause considerable losses – with average figures ranging from $52,000 to $444,000 depending on the size of the …
Lizard Squad’s DDoS website hacked, unencrypted customer database stolen
The hacker group that calls itself the “Lizard Squad” has received another serious blow: LizardStresser(dot)su, the website where customers go to rent their DDoS …
Man arrested for Playstation and Xbox attacks
Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) Cyber Crime Unit, supported by Titan ROCU (North West Regional Organised Crime Unit), have arrested a man …
19,000 French websites hit by DDoS, defaced in wake of terror attack
Since the three day terror attack that started in France on January 7 with the attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, 19,000 websites of French-based companies have been …
LizardSquad’s DDoS service is powered by hacked home routers
When the Sony Playstation and Microsoft Xbox Live gaming networks went down over Christmas and were kept offline for several days afterwards, the hacker collective that calls …
State of the Internet: Attack traffic, DDoS, IPv4 and IPv6
Akamai today released its latest State of the Internet report, which provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds and broadband adoption across fixed …
Scandinavian banks hit with DDoS attacks
The new year started poorly for Finnish bank OP Pohjola Group and its customers: the latter have been prevented from executing their online banking transactions by a DDoS …
76% of organizations have suffered a DNS attack
Seventy-six percent of organizations in the U.S. and U.K. have suffered a DNS attack, with 49 percent experiencing one in the past 12 months, according to Cloudmark. The most …
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