November 2, 2016
Via: Russel EdwardsPlaying out the fears everybody has on IoT security, on Friday the 21st October 2016 the Dyn company received a wave of DDoS attacks. Dyn handles “visibility and control into cloud and public Internet resources”. Due to its internet infrastructure […]
November 24, 2015
Via: SC MagazineCryptoCoinsNews (CCN) and its sister-site Hacked are offering a 5 Bitcoin bounty for information on the extortionist that targeted both sites in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, Monday morning. Those looking to collect should provide information, including the extortionist’s ID(s), location […]
September 28, 2015
Via: cloud-securityOne of #cloudflare’s customers was recently hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that appeared to leverage a mobile ad network and malicious JavaScript. JavaScript-based DDoS attacks have been classified as Layer 7 attacks because they rely on apparently legitimate […]
April 8, 2015
Via: cyber-crime“An experienced and resource-backed cybercrime gang” is using the relatively new Dyre/Dyreza banking Trojan coupled with effective social engineering to steal millions from businesses, IBM Security Intelligence researchers John Kuhn and Lance Mueller warned. The campaign, dubbed “Dyre Wolf” is still […]
March 31, 2015
Via: data-lossNeustar surveyed IT professionals from across EMEA to understand the impact of DDoS attacks. 40 percent of companies estimate hourly losses of over £100,000 at peak times during a DDoS outage, a 470 percent rise since the last Neustar survey […]
August 25, 2014
Via: threats-and-malwareSony on Sunday said that some of its online services were hit by a DDoS attack by a hacker group, while another group threatened that a plane carrying a company executive was carrying a bomb.
August 25, 2014
Via: threats-and-malwareSony on Sunday said that some of its online services were hit by a DDoS attack by a hacker group, while another group threatened that a plane carrying a company executive was carrying a bomb.
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