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Oops – Anonymous DDoS attack accidentally takes Microsoft services down

By John Casaretto | Nov 30 2013

This week Anonymous, the notorious hacktivist group stepped up to take credit for an attack that took some Microsoft services offline for some time.  Found in a post on Pastebin, the group released how a DDoS attack had been launched at some Japanese Microsoft (Domain) Websites and Servers.  This probably translates to [...]

Weekly Security Review: DDoS, Zero-Day Attacks on the Rise

By Maria Deutscher | Sep 21 2013

Distributed denial of service attacks pose a serious threat to online gaming communities, according to the latest white paper from DDoS mitigation specialist Prolexic. The company found that the average duration of attacks increased to 32.2 hours in 2013, up 67 percent from the 19.2 hours in the fourth quarter of 2012. [...]

Tools for DDoS-Attacks are Gaining Popularity in Online Gaming Communities

By Saroj Kar | Sep 16 2013

DDoS attacks dominate the news nowadays. Large companies are frequently harassed by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, with great damage. Prolexic, a company that offers security services for DDoS has published a technical White Paper detailing what it calls “the rampant problem of denial of service attacks within and from online [...]

NSFOCUS: Quick-Pay Seeking Criminals Need Look No Further Than DDoS

By Kristin Feledy | Sep 13 2013

NSFOCUS, provider of enterprise-level solutions and services for distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation, Web security and network security has released their mid-year 2013 DDoS Threat Report with the aim of educating the broader IT industry about observations and trends regarding DDos attacks.  The overall highlights of the report suggest DDoS attacks [...]

5 Notorious DDoS Attacks in 2013 : Big Problem for The Internet of Things

By Ryan Cox | Aug 26 2013

Early Sunday morning, part of the Chinese Internet went down in what the government is calling the largest denial-of-service attack it has ever faced. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, the attack began at 2 a.m. Sunday morning and was followed by an even more intense attack at 4 a.m. [...]

Bitcoin Alert: Mt.Gox Not a Victim of DDoS – Here’s What Happened

By Mellisa Tolentino | Apr 11 2013

If you have Bitcoins and you’ve been religiously watching Mt.Gox for days, you probably got too excited when the value hit $200 — and it kept rising. But as the day pushed on, you probably noticed that something out of the ordinary was happening over at Mt.Gox – things started to lag.  You [...]

Anonymous Launches DDOS Attack, Data Leak on North Korea

By John Casaretto | Apr 2 2013

Things have been politically heating up between the US and North Korea in the last few weeks. Now it seems that the famed hacktivist group Anonymous has stepped into the fray. In a just released Pastebin post, the group announced some demands, including the resignation of Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader as [...]

Bitcoin Under Attack? Dwolla & Mt. Gox Both Hit With DDoS Attacks Overnight

By Mike Wheatley | Mar 29 2013

Another day, another DDoS attack. This time round, it’s the turn of alternative online payments provider Dwolla, which saw its website taken offline for a brief period of time. The site has since come back online, but the company said in a statement that the some users may still experience issues as [...]

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