16 arrested for Anonymous-branded cyber attacks
Fourteen individuals were arrested on Monday by FBI agents on charges related to their alleged involvement in a cyber attack on PayPal’s website as part of an action …
Man convicted for using DDoS attacks in extortion scheme
A German man has been convicted to a 34-month prison sentence and has been ordered to pay some 350,000 Euros to the companies he blackmailed by threatening to take down their …
LulzSec DDoS rampage downs game servers and sites
Tuesday has been another busy day for the LulzSec bunch, and has witnessed DDoS attacks against a number of targets. It all started with the downing of the website of the …
The resurrection of the Mariposa botnet
When the news that the Spanish police arrested the three individuals suspected of running the Mariposa botnet was made public back in March 2010, it was generally thought that …
WordPress.com target of extensive DDoS attack
WordPress.com has been targeted by an extensive DDoS attack, and the millions of blogs it hosts have been temporarily unavailable or have been experiencing occasional …
“Evil” URL shortener initiates DDoS attacks
Can you believe that clicking on a shortened link can make you an involuntary and unknowing participant in a DDoS attack on a website? Ben Schmidt, a self-styled …
Web-based stealth attacks on network security will dominate 2011
Viruses will become more subtle and even harder to detect in 2011, and the primary line of attack will continue to be via the internet, according to Redscan. Malware is now …
Operation Payback picks up speed, WikiLeaks denies involvement
The WikiLeaks saga continues. As Julian Assange spends his time in the segregation unit of Wandsworth prison, hoping that his lawyers will be able to reverse the court’s …
Anonymous continues with DDoS attacks, possibly using a non-volunteer botnet
Anonymous – the hacktivist group that has become notorious for its DDoS attacks on websites of the RIAA, MPAA, and other anti-piracy organizations and companies – …
What happened to WikiLeaks over the weekend?
It has been a busy weekend for WikiLeaks. Their latest release made public a list of assets of strategic importance to the US, which are located across the globe. And while …
WikiLeaks site is down
Whether its really because the DDoS attacks against the WikiLeaks website have threatened “the stability of the EveryDNS.net infrastructure, which enables access to …
WikiLeaks and Assange under attack
While WikiLeaks’ site is still being bombarded with requests at a speed of 10 gigabits per second – making access to it very difficult and at moments even …
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