Distributed Denial Of Service

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.

Gartner's Solutions For Firms At Risk Of Attack In 2013

E-Commerce and financial services companies to be hit by increasingly sophisticated attacks and attackers in 2013, warns Gartner.

DDoS attacks are often complex and hard to predict, says VeriSign

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks continue to be complex and unpredictable, making them more challenging for companies to mitigate, global domain and internet service provider VeriSign said on Wednesday.

Are you a victim of DDoS attacks?

The latest DDoS attacks are much more difficult to detect than ever before. If you are a victim of DDoS attacks, you should be aware of these 7 myths on DDoS to help you be better prepared

No losses as Indonesia and S.Korea c.bank websites hit by cyber attacks

The central banks of Indonesia and South Korea have been hit by cyber attacks on their public websites since activist hacking group Anonymous pledged last month to target banks across the world, senior officials in the two countries told Reuters.

Every industry is at an increased risk of DDoS attacks: Verisign report

If a Verisign report about Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks is to be believed then they are now frequent and bigger than ever before.

26% of DDoS attacks this year originated from India: Symantec

"However, it is a reflection of India emerging as a hotbed to launch these attacks, potentially because of the low cyber security awareness, lack of adequate security practices and infrastructure," he said.

DDoS attacks remain high in Q2: 241% increase in avg peak bandwidth reported

In Q2 2014, the average attack bandwidth was up 72 percent from the same quarter in 2013, and moreover average peak bandwidth increased by staggering 241 percent.

Hacker group threatens cyber-attack on World Cup sponsors