2016
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73% of organisations across the globe have suffered a DDoS attack
A new report from analytics firm Neustar has brought to light the amount of companies around the world who have suffered a DDoS attack, and how they are…
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Worry more about small app layer DDoS attacks than huge network blasts, says Canadian vendor
Massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have been grabbing headlines recently, with cyber security reporter Brian Krebbs being forced to temporarily take his site down after his service provider…
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53% of DDoS attacks result in additional compromise
DDoS attack volume has remained consistently high and these attacks cause real damage to organizations, according to Neustar. The global response also affirms the prevalent use of DDoS…
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Expect ‘Flood’ of DDoS Attacks After Source Code Release
The source code behind the massive distributed denial of service attack against security researcher Brian Krebs’s website has been released online. In a blog post over the weekend, Krebs wrote that the…
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Newsweek Website Suffers DDoS Attack After Publishing Controversial Trump Report
Newsweek reported suffering a massive DDoS attack right after they published an exposé on how some of Donald Trump’s companies had violated the United States embargo on trading with Cuba.…
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Why a massive DDoS attack on a blogger has internet experts worried
Someone on the internet seems very angry with cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs. On 20 September, Krebs’ website was hit with what experts say is the biggest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack…