2014
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E-toll site weathers denial of service (DDoS) attack
Sanral’s e-toll Web site suffered a denial of service (DoS) attack on Friday, according to the agency. “Some users complained of slow site performance, and our service provider…
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SPAM supposedly spotted leaving the fridge
Internet of Things security scares already need to take a chill pill It’s still silly season, it seems. Tell the world that a bunch of small business broadband…
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DDoS attacks get more complex – are networks prepared?
The threat of cyber attacks from both external and internal sources is growing daily. A denial of service, or DoS, attack is one of the most common. DoS…
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Mobile devices increasingly used to launch sophisticated DDoS attacks
DDoS attacks still plague businesses worldwide, and cyber criminals are increasingly using mobile devices to launch attacks The threat of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against enterprise…
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Mobile applications being used for DDoS attacks
Prolexic Technologies reported that mobile applications are being used in DDoS attacks against enterprise customers. “The prevalence of mobile devices and the widespread availability of downloada…
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US-CERT warns of NTP Amplification attacks
US-CERT has issued an advisory that warns enterprises about distributed denial of service attacks flooding networks with massive amounts of UDP traffic using publicly available network time protocol…
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Dropbox outage was caused by ‘buggy’ upgrade: DDoS us? You hardly know us…
1775Sec: Um, we were trolling for, er, Aaron Swartz… Pranksters latched onto an outage at Dropbox on Friday to push false rumours of a politically motivated hack.…
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Dropbox hits by DDoS attack, but user data safe; The 1775 Sec claims responsibility
Dropbox website went offline last night with a hacking collecting calling itself The 1775 Sec claiming responsibility of the attack on the cloud storage company’s website. The 1775…
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The 2014 cyber security roadmap
The burgeoning Internet of Things and smart devices 2014 is likely to be the year that many industries start to cash in on the much-hyped benefits of smart…
