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CyberBunker Launches “World’s Largest” DDoS Attack, Slows Down The Entire Internet

By Mike Wheatley | Mar 27 2013

A massive cyberattack launched by the Dutch web hosting company CyberBunker has caused global disruption of the web, slowing down internet speeds for millions of users across the world, according to a BBC report. CyberBunker launched an all-out assault, described by the BBC as the world’s biggest ever cyberattack, on the self-appointed [...]

Anonymous Demands Recognition of DDoS as a Legal Form of Protest

By Isha Suri | Jan 11 2013

We all know that how annoying DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) is, and just how inconvenient it becomes to access a much-needed site. While we may cuss the people behind DDoS attacks, the renowned hacktivist Anonymous group is looking to get it a status of legal protest. According to them, DDoS is [...]

Yet Another DDoS Attack on US Banks: From JPMorgan Chase to SunTrust

By Isha Suri | Dec 17 2012

Looks like it’s a bad time running for U.S. based financial institutions. Not much time has passed when five U.S.-based banks, U.S. Bancorp, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, PNC Financial Services Group, and SunTrust became a target of DDoS attacks. And now again, hacker group called Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters warned [...]

Go Daddy Outage Related to Router Failure and Not Anonymous DDoS

By Kyt Dotson | Sep 11 2012

Yesterday, the Internet saw what can happen when a DNS outage strikes a major webhost when millions of people could not access web pages provided by Go Daddy. Initially, reports went out that Anonymous had taken credit for a DDoS attack against the Go Daddy’s DNS infrastructure and thus caused intermittent failures [...]

#OpFreeAssange: Anonymous DDoS Attacks Take Down 3 UK Sites

By Mike Wheatley | Aug 21 2012

The hacktivist group Anonymous staged a number of DDoS attacks on UK government websites yesterday in an apparent show of support for the controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who remains stuck inside his Ecuadorean embassy bolt-hole as he attempts to avoid extradition to Sweden. Anonymous, who have been associated with numerous distributed [...]

Dirt Jumper DDoS Toolkit Riddled With Vulnerabilities

By Mike Wheatley | Aug 17 2012

A security vendor has turned the tables on malicious hackers by releasing details of a vulnerability in a popular toolkit used to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against corporate websites. The toolkit in question is the infamous Dirt Jumper, which is based on the RussKill application that has become one [...]

RT News Hit By DDoS Attack, Taken Offline For Three Hours

By Mike Wheatley | Aug 17 2012

The cyber wars are heating up, with the popular Russian government funded RT News becoming the latest victim to fall foul of a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that knocked the site out of action for around three hours earlier today. RT News, whose pro-Russian government stance has seen them [...]

WikiLeaks Bounces Back With Reverse Proxy Protection Against DDoS Attacks

By Mike Wheatley | Aug 14 2012

It’s business as usual once again for the folks at WikiLeaks (if such a thing is possible) as the document-sharing site appears to be back online following a sustained distribute denial of service (DDoS) attack that lasted for more than one week. Julian Assange and his team will no doubt be extending [...]

Dutch Opposition Party D66 Stands on “DDoS Legalization” Election Plank

By Isha Suri | Jul 2 2012

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) is a hot topic on for much of cybersecurity and a mainstay of Internet-based protests, and perhaps this is the reason that political parties have taken it up as their election manifesto! Yes, you heard it right. Dutch opposition party D66–a party that calls itself “a progressive [...]

LulzSec Hackers Admit DDoS Attacks on High Profile Sites, including CIA, NHS, and Sony

By Isha Suri | Jun 26 2012

Two of the LulzSec hackers, one of the most notorious internet hackers group, have entered the guilty pleas today for disabling some high profile websites and performing Distributed Denial of Service attacks. Ryan Cleary, 24, and Jake “Topiary” Davis, 19 have admitted hacking CIA, National Health Service, News International, Sony, Nintendo, Arizona [...]

107 results for ddos

CyberBunker Launches “World’s Largest” DDoS Attack, Slows Down The Entire Internet

Anonymous Demands Recognition of DDoS as a Legal Form of Protest

Yet Another DDoS Attack on US Banks: From JPMorgan Chase to SunTrust

Go Daddy Outage Related to Router Failure and Not Anonymous DDoS

#OpFreeAssange: Anonymous DDoS Attacks Take Down 3 UK Sites

Dirt Jumper DDoS Toolkit Riddled With Vulnerabilities

RT News Hit By DDoS Attack, Taken Offline For Three Hours

WikiLeaks Bounces Back With Reverse Proxy Protection Against DDoS Attacks

Dutch Opposition Party D66 Stands on “DDoS Legalization” Election Plank

LulzSec Hackers Admit DDoS Attacks on High Profile Sites, including CIA, NHS, and Sony

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