Ddos

Android devices used for DDoS attack through WireX botnet targeting CDNs

The 'WireX' botnet comprises primarily Android devices running malicious applications and is designed to create a denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

Hackers threaten seven major South Korean banks of a cyber attack, ask for ransom

A hacker group has threatened a cyber attack against seven major South Korean banks if they do not pay 360 million won ($315,000) in the virtual currency bitcoin.

VeriSign says first quarter of 2017 saw a decline in DDoS attacks

Although, the first quarter of 2017 saw a 23 per cent decrease in the number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, the average peak attack size increased 26 per cent compared to the previous quarter, a new report revealed on Wednesday.

FCC website crashes after John Oliver urges viewers to comment opposing reversal of net neutrality

FCC said Monday that its website was hit by deliberate denial of service attacks after it was criticized by comedian John Oliver for its plan to reverse "net neutrality" rules.

Hajime botnet has infected almost 300,000 IoT devices, ready for large scale DDoS attack

'Hajime', meaning 'beginning' in Japanese, was identified by Russia-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab.

IoT devices worldwide could be infected with mysterious 'Hajime' malware

A new mysterious malware that builds a vast peer-to-peer botnet to infect the Internet of Things (IoT) worldwide has been identified with almost 300,000 devices under its control, ready to perform a large-scale DDoS attack.

Interpol discovers about 9,000 infected servers in South-East Asia used for DDoS attacks and spreading spam

An anti-cybercrime operation by Interpol and investigators from seven south-east Asian nations revealed nearly 9,000 malware-laden servers.

CERT-In website was down for 3 hours says report; Director General denies the claim

According to experts, the CERT-In website was down due to a distributed denial of service or DDoS attack.

A10 Networks Annouces A10 Thunder TPSTMSeries

Designed to provide high-performance, network-wide protection against a variety of volumetric, protocol, resource and more sophisticated DDoS attacks.

Arbor Networks Launches CloudSM DDoS Protection Services

The critical and complex rise in DDoS attacks are forcing enterprises to protect their networks with new innovative solutions. Arbor Networks makes a foray in to filling this solutions gap.