More than half of US businesses still rely on conventional firewalls or intrusion prevention systems to shield them from the scourge of DDoS attacks, a survey by services firm Neustar has found. View full post on Techworld.com security View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
Ustream Outage Due To DDoS Aimed At Citizen Journalist
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Low Orbit Ion Canon DDoS tool still going strong
The Low Orbit Ion Canon (LOIC) ‘do it yourself’ DDoS tool recently surpassed its download numbers for the whole of 2011 at a rate of nearly 3,500 per day, security firm Imperva has reported. View full post on Techworld.com security View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
SOCA website still down after suspected DDoS cyber attack
The website of the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has been downed by what is starting to look like the most serious cyberattack ever to hit the site. View full post on Techworld.com security View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
DDoS attackers turning to simple ‘booter’ scripts, Prolexic warns
Internet criminals are sidestepping the need to launch DDoS attack from large networks of malware-compromised bot PCs by using simpler server ‘booter shells’, mitigation firm Prolexic has warned. View full post on Techworld.com security View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
Hackers Launch DDoS Attack on D.C. Government Websites
Hackers Launch DDoS Attack on D.C. Government Websites Hackers launched a DoS denial of service attack on D.C. government websites today, clogging the system with a flurry of requests so that it operates extremely slow or is impossible to load. “The District government has detected an attempted intrusion into it’s…
Banks on the business end of DDoS attack surge – report
Shorter, bigger attack trend continues Financial firms were in the crosshairs of cyber-attackers during the first three months of 2012, while a threefold increase in DDoS attacks was recorded.… View full post on russia cyber attacks – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Financial services industry sees DDOS attacks triple, says Prolexic
The financial services industry saw nearly triple the number of distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks during the first three months of this year compared to the same period last year, according to a report released Wednesday. The new data comes from security vendor Prolexic, which counts ten of the world’s major…
CloudFlare aims to differentiate itself with DDoS protection service
Startup aims to provide affordable cloud-based website protection and acceleration. View full post on SearchCloudSecurity: RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Armageddon DDoS botnet using Apache Killer exploit
DDoS botnet Armageddon integrates a relatively new exploit known as Apache Killer in the malware’s latest version, distributed denial-of-service mitigation vendor Arbor Networks have announced this week. The Apache Killer exploit was released in August 2011. It exploits a vulnerability in the Apache web server by sending a specially crafted…