Trump hacking claims look like red herring Police in Barcelona have arrested a man suspected of being one of the web’s top spammers and the possible operator of a major botnet.…
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Spanish cops snatch suspected top spammer as US moves against Kelihos botnet
Tweaking business models for greater 404 kerching The DDoS attack business has advanced to the point that running an attack can cost as little as $7 an hour, while the targeted company can end up losing thousands, if not millions of dollars.…
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Did you know: Crimelords behind DDoS attacks offer customer loyalty points?
Hospitals advised to use Bing instead Exclusive Google is blocking access to the entire NHS network, mistaking the amount of traffic it is currently receiving as a cyber attack.…
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Google mistakes the entire NHS for massive cyber-attacking botnet
But it is keeping shtum A DDoS attack was reportedly behind online outages at Lloyds Bank a fortnight ago.…
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Lloyds Bank outage: DDoS is prime suspect
Carbanak: It’s not just a caramel-flavoured choc-trocity. It’s also malware The Carbanak cyber criminal gang is abusing Google’s infrastructure as a conduit for botnet control.…
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‘Beeeellion-dollar’ mastercrooks in hotel, restaurant blitzkrieg
Whitehouse.gov down? A software engineer is calling on netizens opposed to Donald Trump to visit the Whitehouse.gov site and overload it with traffic tomorrow.…
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Trump inauguration DDoS protest is ‘illegal’, warn securobods
Phishing, denial of service, and remote exploitation part of hacking banquet Hackers of unknown origin cut power supplies in Ukraine for a second time in 12 months as part of wide-ranging attacks that hit the country in December.…
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Crims shut off Ukraine power in wide-ranging anniversary hacks
2016 sucked. 2017 won’t be much better, sorry DDoS attacks have been around since at least 2000, and they’re not going away. In fact, as the number of devices online grows, the volume and velocity of these attacks is also increasing.…
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DDoS in 2017: Strap yourself in for a bumpy ride
Apply best routing practices liberally. Repeat each morning Solve the DDoS problem? No problem. We’ll just get ISPs to rewrite the internet. In this interview Ian Levy, technical director of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, says it’s up to ISPs to rewrite internet standards and stamp out DDoS attacks coming from the UK. In particular, they should change the Border Gateway Protocol, which lies at the heart of the routing system, he suggests.…
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Can ISPs step up and solve the DDoS problem?
DDoS attacks on the horizon as White House cybersecurity report issues recommendations CloudFlare has warned of another massive botnet that appears to be ramping up and targeting the US West Coast.…
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CloudFlare warns of another massive botnet, er, flaring up