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DDoS attack from Anonymous Catalonia cripples Bank of Spain website
The official website of Banco de España (Bank of Spain), which is the central bank of the country,…
August 31, 2018
Ubisoft Games Hit by Massive DDoS Attacks
France based video game publisher Ubisoft suffered a series of massive DDoS attacks (distributed denial-of-service). As a result,…
July 18, 2018
13 Ways Cyber Criminals Spread Malware
Security incidents where hackers distribute malicious code (malware) via spam, phishing, exploits and compromised websites are hitting the…
June 18, 2018
Sonic & Ultra signals can be used to crash Windows, Linux & hard drives
It is quite common to have crashed hard drives, which is mainly caused by thermal stress due to…
June 1, 2018
15 years prison for man who hired attackers to DDoS his ex-employer
John Kelsey Gammell, a 46-year-old from New Mexico has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for conducting sustained DDoS…
May 28, 2018
Denmark’s largest train operator hit by service crippling DDoS attack
Another day, another DDoS attack causing passengers a great deal of trouble. The largest train operating company in…
May 14, 2018
Poker tournaments disrupted after DDoS attacks on Americas Cardroom
Last year in September Americas Cardroom (ACR), a popular online poker site and its Winning Poker Network (WPN)…
May 2, 2018
Hackers leave US flag after targeting Cisco switches in Russia & Iran
Cisco switches at data centers located in Iran and Russia became the target of hackers this Friday. Reportedly,…
April 9, 2018
Hackers take over power billing records of Indian state; demand ransom
The AMR system (automatic meter reading system) of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) (Haryana power utilities) in…
March 30, 2018
Northern Irish Parliament Hit by Brute Force Attack
The email service at the Northern Ireland Parliament, Stormont has been hit by a brute force attack allowing…
March 28, 2018