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Predicting DDoS into 2015: Distributed attacks will only get badder maybe not bigger

By Kyt Dotson | Dec 24 2014

The use of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) has become the mainstay of Internet mayhem groups, hactivist protests, and even hacker warfare. Across 2014 there has been a certain amount of evolution of the tactics seen from previous years, but it’s also the same types of attacks and uses seen in [...]

Sony strikes back at hackers with DDoS attacks

By Mike Wheatley | Dec 10 2014

New leaks of stolen internal documents from Sony Corporation are being dumped on the web almost daily since the firm was hacked, but now it’s fighting back with some dirty tricks of its own. A report in Re/Code reveals Sony is using surreptitious methods to block anyone who’s trying to download its [...]

This week in DDoS: Xbox Live and PlayStation Network edition

By Kyt Dotson | Dec 8 2014

Over the past week, the online gaming services that support Microsoft’s Xbox consoles and Sony’s PlayStation consoles have faced service disruptions thought to be caused by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The hacker group Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility in multiple cases as gaming services work to mitigate the damage. In [...]

Black Lotus Report: DDoS volume decreasing but attackers becoming more sophisticated

By Kyt Dotson | Nov 18 2014

A new report from Black Lotus, a leader in availability security and provider of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection, shows that attackers are using less bandwidth to cause trouble but are getting smarter about how their attacks work. Distributed Denial of Service attacks have become as common as bad weather for [...]

Samsung users vulnerable to DDoS attacks via Find My Mobile service

By Collen Kriel | Oct 29 2014

“Find my phone” apps are becoming more popular and the majority of smartphones are released with these built-in tracking systems. These systems make it easy to remotely lock or wipe your phone if you happen to misplace it or it is stolen. The problem arises when hackers can exploit these services, like [...]

Sony PlayStation Network, other gaming networks blasted with DDoS attacks

By Kyt Dotson | Aug 25 2014

Over the weekend the PlayStation Network, Microsoft’s Xbox Live, Blizzard’s Battle.net, and Grinding Gears Games reported massive network disruptions caused by large scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. These attacks occurred around the same time that a bomb threat was made against an American Airlines plane carrying John Smedley, president of [...]

Facebook denies reward for DDoS exploit : Trouble still lurking?

By John Casaretto | Apr 28 2014

In practice, there are many ‘better’ ways to execute a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, however one programmer has uncovered a flaw in the ‘Notes’ feature within the social network site Facebook that could put such an attack tool into the hands of millions. In a blog post over the weekend, [...]

CloudFlare CEO predicted the monster EU 400 Gbps DDoS attack

By John Casaretto | Feb 11 2014

Matthew Prince, CEO of CloudFlare confirmed in an email Monday evening that the attack on the CloudFlare network that day was indeed massive.   Like 400 Gbps massive. Data reported since the email indicate that the scale of the massive NTP reflection attack indeed hit 400Gbps – a whopping number that is [...]

Transaction ID malleability attack spreads to Bitcoin-wide DDoS attempt

By Kyt Dotson | Feb 11 2014

It all started with such humble beginnings: when MtGox blamed the Bitcoin protocol for their own woes of poorly implemented code. Then someone decided to use what had been harassing MtGox network-wide and exchanges across the Bitcoin industry itself started checking their own code. The attack takes advantage of a characteristic of [...]

British spooks launched DDoS attacks on Anonymous hacktivists

By Mike Wheatley | Feb 5 2014

It’s not only the bad guys who carry out distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on their targets. Oh no, sometimes the ‘good guys’ will get up to the same old tricks. According to new documents released from former NSA contractor Ed Snowden and obtained by NBC News, British spy agency GCHQ launched a secret [...]

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