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Pro-Russia Killnet Group Hit Top Lithuanian websites with Massive DDoS Attacks
The attack seems to be a retaliatory effort from Killnet following the diplomatic tensions between the two countries.…
Iran’s Largest Steel Producer Hit By Crippling Cyberattack
The targeted company, Khouzestan Steel Company (KSC), has acknowledged the cyberattack but claimed the attack was successfully thwarted.…
President Putin’s Economic Forum Speech Delayed due to DDoS Attack
The Russian Economic Forum was taking place in St. Petersburg when its proceedings were stalled due to a…
Feds Dismantle Russian Rsocks Botnet Powered by Millions of IoT Devices
The hackers behind Rsocks botnet used the hacked IoT devices as proxy servers where its customers would pay…
Cloudflare Thwarted Largest Ever HTTPS DDoS Attack
The DDoS attack originated from 121 countries and was powered by a small botnet of only 5,067 hacked…
Admin of DDoS-For-Hire Service “DownThem” Gets 2 Years Prison Sentence
Matthew Gatrel was arrested after an extensive crackdown by the FBI and other agencies against 15 booter service…
FBI Seizes WeLeakInfo, IPStress and OVH-Booter Cybercrime Portals
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) confirmed seizing three domains used by cybercriminals to sell stolen personal data…
Pro-Iran Group ALtahrea Hits Port of London Website by DDoS Attack
A seemingly ‘politically motivated’ DDoS attack knocked down the Port of London authority’s website. The Port of London…
Anonymous Declares Cyber War Against Pro-Russia Hacker Group Killnet
The Pro-Russia Hacker Group Killnet recently targeted European institutions, while Anonymous hackers are already claiming to have leaked…
The Growing Threat of Ransom DDoS Attacks Requires Effective Prevention and Mitigation
Essentially, ransom DDoS attacks are just DDoS with a ransom demand but a sudden increase in these attacks…