2015
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Community college targeted ongoing DDoS attack
Walla Walla Community College is under cyberattack this week by what are believed to be foreign computers that have jammed the college’s Internet systems. Bill Storms, technology director,…
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FBI investigating Rutgers University in DDoS attack
The FBI is working with Rutgers University to identify the source of a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that have plagued the school this week. The assault…
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93% of DDoS attacks last 30 minutes
As the tide of DDoS attacks continues to expand, the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the influx of network connected devices, such as webcams and…
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One fifth of DDoS attacks last over a day
Some 20 per cent of DDoS attacks have lasting damage that can see them taking a site down for 24 hours or more, according to research by Kaspersky.…
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High volume DDoS attacks still persistent
Arbor Networks released global DDoS attack data that shows a continuation of extremely high volume attacks. In Q1 2015, there were 25 attacks larger than 100Gbps globally. In…
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Featured article: How to use a CDN properly and make your website faster
Its one of the biggest mysteries to me I have seen in my 15+ years of Internet hosting and cloud based services. The mystery is, why do people…
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Thirty Meter Telescope website falls over in hacktivist DDoS attack
Hacktivists have launched a distributed denial-of-service attack against the website of TMT (Thirty Meter Telescope), which is planned to be the Northern hemisphere’s largest, most advanced optical telescope.…
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DDoS attack brings down TRAI’s website
Indian telecom regulator TRAI’s official website was on Monday brought down by a hacker group called Anonymous India following the public release of email IDs from which the…
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How Google saw the DDoS attack against Github and GreatFire
The recent DDoS attacks aimed at GreatFire, a website that exposes China's internet censorship efforts and helps users get access to their mirror-sites, and GitHub, the world's largest…