2016
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Media Organizations Beware – DDos Attacks are Coming
There’s nothing subtle about a DDoS attack. Your incident response console is lit up like a Christmas tree. Alarms are going off indicating that your network is down or severely…
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123-Reg drowns in ongoing DDoS tsunami
Data centre target of attack of 30+ Gbps Beleaguered web host 123-Reg has suffered a “huge scale” distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack to its data centre –…
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Hong Kong Student Gets Probation Time for DDoS Attack During Occupy Campaign
A judge at the Fanling Court in Hong Kong has sentenced Chu Tsun-wai, 20, of Hong Kong, to 15 months of probation for launching a DDoS attack on…
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DDoS attacks increase by over 80 percent
In the second quarter of this year DDoS attacks increased by 83 percent to more than 182,900, according to the latest threat report from security solutions company Nexusguard. The…
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Internet Service Providers Under DDOS Attack in Mumbai, Probe Ordered
“Thus, an attack on ISPs is an attack on the nation”. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Mumbai are facing an unprecedented attack by hackers which has reduced surfing…
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Anonymous Launches DDoS Attacks Against Rio Court Website
Members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous reportedly launched distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the website of the Court of Rio de Janeiro for its decision to block WhatsApp…
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Massive DDoS Attack Shut Down Several Pro-ISIS Websites
A team of attackers shut down several ISIS aka Daesh websites against terrorist attacks in Nice and Middle Eastern countries! Terrorism has no religion that’s why whenever a…
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Bart ransomware victims get free decryptor
AVG malware analyst Jakub Kroustek has devised a decryptor for Bart ransomware, and the company has made it available for download (for free). Bart ransomware This particular piece…