DDoS attackers have gained a new target with the rise in value of cryptocurrency and the corresponding boom in new cryptocurrencies, namely the exchanges that power the trades between different cryptocurrencies, in addition to the computer systems … [Read more...] about DDoS and the Cryptocurrency Craze
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The Demise of the Election Hacking Kelihos Botnet
Last April, the U.S. Justice Department was finally able to report that a suspect had been arrested in the Kelihos botnet case. Peter Yuryevich Levashov, a Russian citizen who allegedly ran the Kelihos botnet since at least 2010, was arrested in … [Read more...] about The Demise of the Election Hacking Kelihos Botnet
Smokescreen DDoS Attacks
DDoS attacks are employed as a smokescreen for other more malicious cyberattacks more often than you might think. The swarming nature of DDoS can be an effective distraction technique; as cybersecurity teams focus on mitigating the attack and getting … [Read more...] about Smokescreen DDoS Attacks
What is an HTTP Flood?
In a HTTP Flood, attackers send vast numbers of legitimate HTTP requests to a server. The request can either be “GET” or “POST”. The goal of this kind of DDoS attack is to force the server to allocate so many of its resources to serving the attack … [Read more...] about What is an HTTP Flood?