The biggest DDoS attacks ever seen by Akamai
Akamai has released its latest State of the Internet Security Report, which detailed the biggest DDoS attacks the company has ever seen.
Behind the huge DDoS attack which crippled the Internet
Dyn’s Chief Strategy Officer has provided details about the DDoS attack which resulted in downtime for prominent websites across the world.
How a DDoS attack took out a huge part of the Internet
Multiple large DDoS attacks against a company which runs managed DNS infrastructure in the US took down multiple prominent websites last night, including Twitter, PayPal, Reddit, and Amazon.
DDoS attacks used as smokescreens for other attacks
DDoS attacks are used as smokescreens to hide other malicious activities, according to a new report.
South African IP addresses appear on massive DDoS-for-hire list
Customers and targets of an underground company which helped launch DDoS attacks have been revealed, and includes South African targets and attackers.
The online attack that would wipe out the Internet for the whole of South Africa
Vodacom’s chief technology security officer Vernon Fryer has warned that a large denial of service attack could wipe out the country’s Internet access.
So my internet has pretty much been flawless for the year I've stayed in my apartment.
Last week Friday I was in a game of RUST when myself and a friend walked passed another player, being the PVP game that it is, we decided to kill him.
5 Minutes after this happened I got a PM from the player...
Huge increase in DDoS attacks
Akamai research reveals that the number of recent DDoS attacks is more than double compared to Q2 2014, while mega-attacks are on the rise.
Large DDoS attacks often use SYN and UDP vectors
Akamai’s latest research reveals that the use of SYN and UDP vectors with extra data padding has repeatedly appeared in attacks greater than 100Gbps.
DDoS cyber attacks get bigger, smarter, and more damaging
Crashing websites and overwhelming data centers, a new generation of cyber attacks is costing millions and straining the structure of the Internet.
Most attacked ports, DDoS details revealed
The latest Akamai State of the Internet report sheds light on which ports face the highest number of attacks, and the growth of DDoS attacks
Suspect arrested for largest cyber attack in history
A Dutch citizen has been arrested in northeast Spain on suspicion of launching what is described as the biggest cyberattack in Internet history
Cyber attack of unprecedented scale slows global Internet
Spamhaus alleges that Cyberbunker is behind one of the largest cyber attacks in history, resulting in global Internet slow-downs
UK man arrested over government cyber attacks
A man has been arrested following an investigation that he encouraged a cyber attack on the British Government