2016
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You don’t need a website to get hit by DDoS
Just because your business doesn’t have a website, that doesn’t mean it can’t be a victim of a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack. This sentence might not…
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Google punts freebie DDoS shield to hacks, human rights worthies
Reverse proxying traffic might save headaches Google has launched a free service to protect news websites against DDoS attacks.…
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Project Shield: Latest Google product could protect start-up websites from hacker DDoS attacks
On 24 February, Google and its parent company Alphabet opened the doors to Project Shield, a service designed to protect independent news websites with controversial geopolitical messages from…
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How Norway’s biggest news site protects itself from DDoS attacks
Every day hackers attack Norway´s largest news site, VG. But not without risk. VG has both helped the police put hackers behind bars and alerted mothers about what their adventurous…
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Serbian President’s website comes under DDoS attack
The Serbian president’s website faced a large-scale “hacking” attack on Monday, which brought it down for several hours, his press office said. A statement carried by Tanjug explained…
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Is DNSSEC causing more problems than it solves?
New paper points to security protocol as vector for DDoS attacks The complex security protocol for the domain name system – DNSSEC – has another black mark against…
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US Department of Homeland SecuUS Department of Homeland Security Vows To Tackle DDoS Attacksrity Vows To Tackle DDoS Attacks
The contract between Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Galois was signed in January. However, HackRead had a chance to discuss the contract with Galois. Galois and the Department…
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FBI arrests Massachusetts man for Anonymous 2014 cyberattack on Boston Children’s Hospital
The hacktivist group launched multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks against the hospital’s servers in protest of the controversial custody case of Justina Pelletier. The FBI has arrested a hacker…