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European Commission Servers Offline After Massive DDoS Attack
The European Commission servers were forced to go offline for hours on Thursday after suffering a series of…
Despite DDoS attack, Dyn Clinches Acquisition Deal with Oracle
Last October, Dyn, a commercial DNS provider made headlines when it was attacked with a massive Distributed Denial…
BlackNurse Attack Can Bring an Entire Business Offline with Just One Laptop
Forget hacking IoT devices — Researchers have discovered a new denial of service (DoS) technique called BlackNurse that…
Top Russian Banks Suffer Powerful DDoS Attacks
Russian banks suffered Powerful DDoS Attacks — Good news is that attacks were successfully mitigated. On Tuesday afternoon, around…
DDoS Attacks on Apartments’ Heating System Left Residents Cold and Angry
DDoS attacks are not meant for websites only — Here is a case in which hackers conducted DDoS attacks…
WikiLeaks Releases DNCLeak2; Suffers Massive DDoS Attack
The official website of WikiLeaks suffered a brief outage when it came under DDoS attacks right after posting…
Another Country is under massive DDoS attacks – Thanks to Mirai Malware
It looks like Mirai malware DDoS botnet is here to stay — Hackers are currently using Mirai to…
Hacker arrested for Jamming 911 Emergency Call System with DDoS Attack
Hacker who Jammed Nation-wide 911 Emergency Call System with DDoS Attack Caught by Police — He also tweeted…
History and Evolution of the Locky Ransomware
Although Locky sounds like fun, it actually denotes one of the today’s prevalent ransomware families. Discovered in mid-February…
HackForums delete “Server Stress Testing” amidst links with Dyn DDoS Attack
HackForums.net Delete “Server Stress Testing” Section amidst Allegations of Facilitating DDoS Attacks. HackForums.net, a famous forum for hackers…