2015
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Hackers create tool that DDoS attacks on telephone lines
There are only the sites and services Internet which are subject to known denial of service attacks – common phones, whether mobile or not, are also subject to…
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Komodia Website Under DDoS Attack
Komodia.com, home to the SSL interception module at the heart of the Superfish adware dustup, is currently under a distributed denial-of-service attack. As of 2 p.m. Eastern time,…
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DDoS-for-hire cyberattacks are effective and cost-effective
DDoS-for-hire is a growing business for cybercriminals, and continues to prove effective Read more at http://www.tweaktown.com/news/43708/ddos-hire-cyberattacks-effective-cost/index.html Distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyberattacks have plagued consumers and businesses for…
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Network of city websites CitySites under DDoS Attack
On February 15, about ten websites of the cities that are in the same network CitySites, were under a DDoS-attack. The ones to suffer most from the attack…
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The growing threat of DDoS attacks on DNS
Current security solutions are proving inadequate in combating DNS attacks – See more at: http://www.information-age.com/technology/security/123459033/growing-threat-ddos-attacks-dns#sthash.Yy7UXtWd.dpuf Since 2012, the number of infrastructure attacks on the domain name system (DNS)…
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Dutch government websites KO’d by 10-hour DDoS
Sustained assault took down gov mouthpiece The Netherlands government’s websites were taken offline for around 10 hours on Wednesday following a DDoS attack.…
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Attack downs Dutch government sites
Both government and private websites fell victim to a distributed denial of service attack on Tuesday, the Dutch authorities say.
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Dutch government says DDoS attack took down websites for hours
Cyber attackers crippled the Dutch government’s main websites for most of Tuesday and back-up plans proved ineffective, exposing the vulnerability of critical infrastructure at a time of heightened…