DDoS

'Russian hacktivists' brag of flooding German airport sites

In other words, script kiddies up to shenanigans again

Cyber-crime17 Feb 2023 | 4

Record-breaking number of record-breaking DDoS attacks confirmed

And growing abuse of cloud – because using hijacked Brazilian cable modems to down sites is so 2013

Security14 Feb 2023 |

Here's a list of proxy IPs to help block KillNet's DDoS bots

Put pro-Putin bots on the do not call list

Security06 Feb 2023 | 7

Zerobot malware now shooting for Apache systems

Upgraded threat, time to patch

Security22 Dec 2022 | 11

Sting op takes down 50 DDoS-for-hire domains, seven people collared

Cops give denial-of-service sites an extra special denial of service

Security15 Dec 2022 | 2

Microsoft: (Cyber) winter is coming as DDoS attack disrupts Russian bank

Where's the Night's Watch when you need them?

Cyber-crime07 Dec 2022 | 9

European Parliament Putin things back together after cyber attack

DDoS started not long after Russia was declared a state sponsor of terrorism

Cyber-crime24 Nov 2022 | 56

Azure extends DDoS attack protection down to small business users, for a fee

Microsoft moves IP Protection into public preview

Software22 Nov 2022 | 2

FBI: Russian hacktivists achieve only 'limited' DDoS success

OK, so you've got a botnet. That don't impress me much

Cyber-crime08 Nov 2022 | 6

Pro-Putin goons claim responsibility for blowing US airport websites offline

Updated How's that boot taste?

Security10 Oct 2022 | 26

Criminal multitool LilithBot arrives on malware-as-a-service scene

Bespoke botnet up for grabs from outfit praised for, er, customer service

Research10 Oct 2022 | 1

Eastern European org hit by second record-smashing DDoS attack

Cough, cough, U, cough, kraine

Security16 Sep 2022 | 6

LockBit gang hit by DDoS attack after threatening to leak Entrust ransomware data

Prolific group pummeled days after claiming to be file thief behind attack on cybersecurity vendor

Cyber-crime22 Aug 2022 | 7

Dark Utilities C2 service draws thousands of cyber criminals

Nascent platform provides miscreants an easier and cheaper way to launch remote access, DDoS, and other attacks

Security08 Aug 2022 | 1

Tencent Cloud expands CDN using its own security tools

Cloudflare may well feel flattered by this offering

Off-Prem02 Aug 2022 |

Akamai: We stopped record DDoS attack in Europe

A 'sophisticated, global botnet' held an Eastern European biz under siege over 30 days

Cyber-crime01 Aug 2022 | 12

Indonesia sparks outrage by blocking PayPal, gaming sites, for compliance oversight

Yahoo! was blocked too, but … meh

Legal01 Aug 2022 | 18

Cyber-mercenaries for hire represent shifting criminal business model

Emerging threat group offers a broad range of attack services

Security25 Jul 2022 | 9

Meet Mantis – the tiny shrimp that launched 3,000 DDoS attacks

Watch out for deadly pinchers after that record-breaking attack

Cyber-crime15 Jul 2022 | 7

Malaysia-linked DragonForce hacktivists attack Indian targets

Just what we needed: a threat to rival Anonymous

Research15 Jun 2022 | 5

Cloudflare says it thwarted record-breaking HTTPS DDoS flood

26m requests a second? Not legit traffic, not even Bill Gates doing $1m giveaways could manage that

CSO14 Jun 2022 | 2

Man gets two years in prison for selling 200,000 DDoS hits

Over 2,000 customers with malice on their minds

Security14 Jun 2022 | 3

Let's play everyone's favorite game: REvil? Or Not REvil?

Another day, another DDoS attack that tries to scare the victim into paying up with mention of dreaded gang

Cyber-crime27 May 2022 | 3

Verizon: Ransomware sees biggest jump in five years

We're only here for DBIRs

Research26 May 2022 | 6

Shopping for malware: $260 gets you a password stealer. $90 for a crypto-miner...

We take a look at low, low subscription prices – not that we want to give anyone any ideas

Research14 May 2022 | 6

Cloudflare stomps huge DDoS attack on crypto platform

At 15.3 million requests per second, the assault was the largest HTTPS blitz on record lasting 15 seconds

Security28 Apr 2022 | 15

DDoS attacks at an all-time-high in Q1 2022, says Kaspersky

More attacks and more targeted attacks than ever before. What could have happened to cause that uptick?

Security26 Apr 2022 | 2

Enemybot botnet uses Gafgyt source code with a sprinkling of Mirai

Keksec malware used for DDoS attacks, may spread to cryptomining, Fortinet says

Security13 Apr 2022 | 1

Attackers exploit Spring4Shell flaw to let loose the Mirai botnet

Trend Micro says vulnerable systems in Singapore have been compromised

Security11 Apr 2022 | 3

Finnish govt websites knocked down as Ukraine President addresses MPs

Online attacks follow suspected airspace violation by Russian aircraft

Security09 Apr 2022 | 186

Borat RAT: Multiple threat of ransomware, DDoS and spyware

Thought Sacha Baron Cohen was a terrible threat actor? Get a load of this: encrypts/steals data, records audio/video and controls keyboard

Security04 Apr 2022 | 6

Viasat spills on the Russian attack, warns of continued risks

A misconfigured VPN appliance is to blame

Security30 Mar 2022 | 8

LokiLocker ransomware family spotted with built-in wiper

BlackBerry says extortionists erase documents if ransom unpaid

Security16 Mar 2022 | 1

Huge DDoS attack temporarily kicks Israeli government sites offline

A state of emergency is declared as officials assess the damage and look for culprits

Security15 Mar 2022 |

China: Attacks from US IP addresses hit us, moved on to Russia and Ukraine

Offers list of addys that look like they're hosted at carriers and colos – hardly the stuff of super-spies

Security14 Mar 2022 | 14

Mitel VoIP systems used in staggering DDoS attacks

One malicious network packet can theoretically spark billions more against a victim

Security10 Mar 2022 | 10

Massive cyberattack takes Ukraine military, big bank websites offline

What geopolitical standoff could this possibly be linked to?

Security15 Feb 2022 | 66

Ukraine shrugs off mass govt website defacement as world turns to stare at Russia

Despite threatening messages nothing's been leaked, say victims

Security14 Jan 2022 | 33

DDoSers take weekend off only to resume campaign against UK's Voipfone on Monday

Firm fingers 'overseas criminals' for sending internet phone business TITSUP*

Security26 Oct 2021 | 28

Microsoft says Azure fended off what might just be the world's biggest-ever DDoS attack

Much of the 2.4Tbit/sec came from across Asia and targeted a single Euro-customer

Security13 Oct 2021 | 29

UK's VoIP Unlimited hit by DDoSes again, weeks after ransom-linked attacks KO'd it

Outage prompts customer ire, again

Networks08 Oct 2021 | 4

New Zealand DDoS wave targets banks, post offices, weather forecasters and more

Nobody from government will say a word about who's behind it

Security08 Sep 2021 | 5

New Zealand internet outage blamed on DDoS attack on nation's third largest internet provider

Here in the UK, Sky broadband users back online

Security03 Sep 2021 | 9

Digital rights org claims cyberattacks against Filipino media outlets come from government and army

IP address inside Department of Science and Technology ran a vulnerability scan on target

Security02 Jul 2021 | 4

8-month suspended sentence for script kiddie who DDoS'd Labour candidate in runup to 2019 UK general election

Now banned from using Tor or VPNs – and 'vanity' handles on social media

Security30 Jun 2021 | 22

Plane-tracking site Flight Radar 24 DDoSed... just as drones spotted buzzing over Azerbaijan and Armenia

That's one way of poking the world's eyes out for a few hours

Security29 Sep 2020 | 20

Sorry we shut you out, says Tutanota: Encrypted email service weathers latest of ongoing DDoS storms

Privacy-conscious biz insists on rolling its own mitigations, though

Security14 Sep 2020 | 10

When classes are online, how do you get out of school? Florida teen cuffed, charged after crashing cyber-lessons

Eight DDoS attacks targeted networks, virtual classrooms, say officials

Security04 Sep 2020 | 28

DDoS downs New Zealand stock exchange for third consecutive day

So much for NZ as the last refuge of civilisation

Security27 Aug 2020 | 12

CyberX, CyberX, does whatever a CyberX does. Locks IoT, machines too, Microsoft got it, so will you

In Brief Plus: DDoS'er jailed, and more

Security29 Jun 2020 | 3

Honeypot behind sold-off IP subnet shows Cyberbunker biz hosted all kinds of filth, says SANS Institute

Botnet C2, denial-of-service, phishing – and that's after filtering

Security25 Jun 2020 | 7

There are DDoS attacks, then there's this 809 million packet-per-second tsunami Akamai says it just caught

Bank on the receiving end of massive 418Gbps traffic barrage

Security25 Jun 2020 | 50

DNS this week stands for Drowning Needed Services: Design flaw in name server system can be exploited to flood machines offline

Microsoft, BIND, Google, Cloudflare, Amazon, others fix up software or offer workarounds

Security21 May 2020 | 19

US Health and Human Services targeted by DDoS scum at just the time it's needed to be up and running

Miscreants also hammer Euro websites as well, because why not?

Security16 Mar 2020 | 7

Ubisoft sues handful of gamers for DDoSing Rainbow Six: Siege

Two Germans, a Nigerian, and a Dutchman walk into a bar. What happens next? A lawsuit, of course

Security20 Jan 2020 | 14

Reasons to be fearful 2020: Smishing, public Wi-Fi, deepfakes... and all the usual suspects

Too soon for New Year Resolutions?

Security06 Dec 2019 | 23