2013
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Network Solutions Recovers After DDoS Attack
Network Solutions said it’s fully mitigated a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that compromised some services last week, and that attack volumes against the company had returned…
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Four steps for denying DDoS attacks
Financial institutions have been battling waves of large distributed denial of service attacks since early 2012. Many of these attacks have been the work of a group called…
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Network Solutions restores service after DDoS attack
Network Solutions said Wednesday it has restored services after a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack knocked some websites it hosts offline for a few hours. The company, which is…
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DDoS attacks are getting bigger, stronger and longer
Prolexic Technologies announced that the average packet-per-second (pps) rate reached 47.4 Mpps and the average bandwidth reached 49.24 Gbps based on data collected in Q2 2013 from DDoS…
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Many online newspapers become DDoS victims
At 4.11 pm of July 7, when accessing Dan Tri newspaper at dantri.com.vn, readers would see the words “Ban hay thuc hien phep tinh de tiep tuc su…
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Staying Informed About DDoS Threats
Distributed-denial-of-service attacks have plagued U.S. banks since last September. But DDoS attacks pose a persistent, genuine threat to other sectors as well. Any organization with an online presence…
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Tips To Prepare For A DDoS Attack
IT security experts report that distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are a growing concern for 2013: this trend is proved by the countless attacks during 2012 and…
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Large Pony botnet controller discovered
Every once in a while we get to peek into the lion’s den, this time we’ll be checking out a fairly large instance of the Pony botnet controller,…
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Can DDoS attackers turn mitigation devices against you?
SYN reflection attacks are one of the more sophisticated DDoS attack methods and typically require some skill to execute. However, they have recently grown in popularity as they’ve…
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Financial Security: Learning From DDoS Attacks
Exactly how big are distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in mid-2013? “Just big enough” is what most attackers would say. The Cyber Fighters of Izz ad-din Al…