Cybercriminals organising DDoS attacks are making a profit of around $18 per hour, says Kaspersky. Do you know how much it costs to hire hackers for a DDoS attack? I’m asking for a friend. Anyway, Kaspersky Lab seems to...
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Russian bank Alfa Says it was Under DNS Botnet Attacks
The Russian banking giant Alfa announced, in a press statement, that hackers targeted its cyber infrastructure in a large-scale DNS Botnet attack. The purpose appears to have been to make it seem as though the bank had been communicating with the Trump Organization....
Taiwan high-tech industry hardest hit by DDoS attacks in last 30 days
TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Most denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks launched by hackers from Feb. 15 to March 14, 2017 in Taiwan targeted the high-tech industry, according to statistics compiled by leading global content delivery network provider Akamai Technologies. Industries in Taiwan that were...
Businesses blame rivals for DDoS attacks
Industrial sabotage is considered to be the most likely reason behind a distributed denial of service attack, a study has revealed More than 40% of businesses hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack worldwide believe their competitors were behind...
Security Company CloudFlare leaks sensitive customer information for tens of thousands of websites
cloudflare: Cloudflare Reverse Proxies are Dumping Uninitialized Memory (It took every ounce of strength not to call this issue "cloudbleed") Corpus distillation is a procedure we use to optimize the fuzzing we do by analyzing publicly available datasets. We've...
Bitfinex Targeted in “Severe” DDoS Attack Amid Bitcoin Price Surge
Prominent bitcoin exchange Bitfinex revealed it was struck by a significant DDoS attack late Tuesday night (UTC). However, the denial of service attack was promptly mitigated, with minimal impact on operations. The Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange confirmed it was...
The next generation of cyber attacks — PDoS, TDoS, and others
2016 was a landmark year in cyber security. The cyber landscape was rocked as Internet of Things (IoT) threats became a reality and unleashed the first 1TB DDoS attacks — the largest in history. Security experts had long warned...
Everything old is new again: Experts predict a flood of denial-of-service attacks
As IoT goes mainstream Mirai-style denial-of-service botnet attacks are escalating, and hackers are targeting health care companies, financial services, and the government. The hottest trend in cyberattacks is an archaic and simplistic hacker tool. Propelled by the rise of...
Activists plan DDoS attack on the White House website during Trump’s inauguration
A software engineer is calling for protesters to flood the site with traffic during the presidential inauguration It’s almost time. Ex-reality TV host and businessman Donald Trump will be officially sworn in as the US president on Friday January 20. His...
DDoS attack and measures to Fight DDoS attack
White hats are in an ongoing battle with black hats for protecting the Internet from DDoS attacks. According to Abhor Network, more than 2000 daily DDoS attacks are observed worldwide. In 2016, we saw the largest DDoS attack till...
