Pro Record for the largest ever HTTPS DDoS attack smashed once again The DDoS attack lasted 69 minutes and surpassed the previous record of 26m RPS 22 Aug
Pro Cloudflare fixes outage that knocked major Web services offline Online services such as Nord VPN, Shopify, and Steam were all inaccessible by users in most regions 21 Jun
Pro Cloudflare mitigates biggest ever HTTPS DDoS attack A botnet generated over 212 million HTTPS requests from over 1,500 networks in 121 countries 16 Jun
Pro DDoS attacks surge to record numbers in 2022 as a result of Russia-Ukraine war Cases this year saw some of the longest-lasting DDoS attacks ever seen 26 Apr
Pro Ukrainian Ministry of Defence hit by DDoS attack Ukraine’s largest commercial bank and State Savings Bank were also hit by cyber attacks 16 Feb
Pro Distributed denial of service attacks are evolving Attacks have long been part of the criminal toolbox, and grow in strength and prevalence 3 Jul
Pro Distributed denial of service attacks are evolving DDoS attacks have been part of the criminal toolbox for twenty years, but are now increasing in frequency and impact 13 Mar
Pro Accidental DDoS attacks among top threats Kaspersky report found most DDoS attacks were sabotage or mercenary, but some were accidental 8 Feb
Pro Report: Criminals find profit rates of up to 95% with DDoS attacks Unsecured IoT devices help drive down cost of attacks 3 Apr
Insights TechBeat: The distributed denial of service scourge While awareness is high, mitigation solutions and their management remain a challenge, writes PAUL HEARNS 12 Dec
Pro NTP fixes denial-of-service flaws Attackers can exploit NTP to generate large volumes of junk traffic for distributed denial-of-service attacks 25 Nov
Pro Rise of the IoT machines How can enterprises protect themselves from DDoS attacks by IoT devices? 28 Oct
Pro The secret behind the success of Mirai IoT botnets Public posting of the source code shows it is script-kiddie simple 28 Oct
Pro Attackers use exposed LDAP servers to amplify DDoS attacks LDAP adds to the existing arsenal of DDoS reflection and amplification techniques that can generate massive attacks 27 Oct
Pro Recent IoT-based DDoS attack rattles security experts Cyberattack that relied on IoT connected devices was serious, unusual, and historic 26 Oct
Pro IoT botnet is partly behind massive DDoS attack DVRs and other devices compromised with the Mirai malware are being the attack 24 Oct
Pro Botnet of hijacked IoT devices delivers massive DDoS attack Attack was so powerful that Akamai threw up its hands 26 Sep
Pro NTP reflection attacks hit record high DDoS attacks against misconfigured NTP servers up 276% 15 Sep
Pro Denied! Why it’s time to address the real risk of DDoS attacks Denial of service mitigation is everyone's responsibility 14 Sep
Pro Poorly configured DNSSEC servers at root of DDoS attacks Admins need to ensure DNSSEC domains are properly set up, which can be easier said than done 23 Aug
Pro Government websites targeted in DDoS attacks CSO, Oireachtas and courts sites hit in wave of attacks 22 Jan
Radio The man from Alison Mike Feerick on making education free for all, and tips on building a better password 22 Jan
Blogs Denial of service, denial of business DDoS attacks are becoming more effective and more common 22 Jan
Pro Lottery.ie outage caused by DDoS attack Statement from the National Lottery confirms outage was caused by attack 21 Jan
Pro DDoS attacks increase, endangering small organisations Number of DDoS attacks increase 180% compared to 2014 11 Dec
Life Anti-censorship group in China faces DDoS attack GreatFire.org has been trying to poke holes in online censorship 20 Mar
Pro DDoS attack size up 50-fold over past decade Motivations remain the same despite escalating scale of attacks 29 Jan
Uncategorized Suspected Lizard Squad member arrested over PlayStation, Xbox Live attacks Eighteen-year-old man taken into custody 16 Jan
Life DDoS attack ruled out as French news sites go offline Early speculation that jihadists were responsible for outages seem unlikely 16 Jan
Life ‘High traffic’ downs Sony’s PlayStation, Entertainment networks Group claiming responsibility also appears to be involved in a bomb threat against an American Airlines flight 25 Aug
Pro Spamhaus pushes for arrests of alleged DDoS participants Attack one of the largest ever recorded at the time 8 Jul
Life RSS service Feedly vows to resist DDoS extortionists News aggregator goes dark as hackers swamp its servers 11 Jun
Pro DDoS follow-up attack risk now one in three Rise in repeat attacks in during 2013, Akamai report finds 25 Apr
Life Bitcoin exchanges hit by DDoS attacks Bitstamp falls victim to online attacks that affect transaction receipts. 12 Feb
Life PayPal DDoS attackers plead guilty, some may walk free Sentencing adjorned for a year for hacktivists 6 Dec
Life Anonymous member sentenced to two years for Koch DDoS attack Rosol hit with $183,000 fine for cost of breach 3 Dec
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