After Parting Ways With Anonymous Target Barr, Former Employer Goes Dark
The Web site of Sayres and Associates was offline Tuesday, just days after news broke that the firm had parted ways with Aaron Barr, Anonymous's most famous victim. The reasons for the site's...
View ArticleAttackers Revive Deprecated RIPv1 Routing Protocol in DDoS Attacks
An advisory from Akamai warns of a recent reflection style DDoS attack in which the deprecated RIPv1 routing protocol was leveraged against targets.
View ArticleGithub Mitigates DDoS Attack
Github said it turned back a distributed denial of service attack; it’s unknown whether this attack is related to a similar attack this March.
View ArticleBotnet Powered by 25,000 CCTV Devices Uncovered
A botnet comprised entirely of closed circuit TV devices used a barrage of HTTP requests to knock a small jewelry store offline for days.
View ArticleFireCrypt Ransomware Contains DDoS Functionality
In addition to encrypting files, a new strain of ransomware, FireCrypt, also attempts to carry out a weak DDoS attack.
View ArticleNecurs Botnet Learns New DDoS Trick
Researchers say Necurs malware has been updated with a module that adds SOCKS/HTTP proxy and DDOS capabilities to this malware.
View ArticleIn Wake of ‘Biggest-Ever’ DDoS Attack, Experts Say Brace For More
This week's DDoS attack against GitHub is a harbinger of attacks to come that will use the highly effective memcached amplification technique, say experts.
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