According to a new report from UK-based cybersecurity firm, Corero Network Security, businesses are increasingly losing significant amounts of money when a DDoS attack strikes. The report, which surveyed 327 security professionals worldwide, saw … [Read more...] about Businesses Losing Significant Amounts of Money in DDoS Attacks, According to Corero
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Lizard Squad Member Offers DDoS-for-Hire and is Jailed
Lizard Squad member, Zachary Buchta, was sentenced to three months in prison last week for his role in a “hacker-for-hire” service. Buchta who is 20 pleaded guilty in December 2017 for one count of conspiracy to commit damage to protected … [Read more...] about Lizard Squad Member Offers DDoS-for-Hire and is Jailed
DD4BC, Its International Activities and Arrest
Earlier this year, Operation Pleaides, an international law enforcement effort, took down at least one main target in the cybercriminal group DD4BC (Distributed-Denial-of-Service for Bitcoin). A Europol January press release celebrated the “arrest … [Read more...] about DD4BC, Its International Activities and Arrest
MemCached DDoS and Ransomware
Over the past week, it has become clear that attackers are seizing the memached DDoS attack vector as an opportunity to extract payments from attacked companies. Akamai reported that a group of DDoS attacks executed using memcached servers were … [Read more...] about MemCached DDoS and Ransomware
Ransom Denial of Service (RDoS) Attacks Making a Comeback
As Corero Network Security noted in its most recent report focused on Q2 and Q3 of 2017, ransom denial of service (RDoS) attacks made a significant comeback last year. RDoS attacks enable cybercriminals to extort money from their targets. The … [Read more...] about Ransom Denial of Service (RDoS) Attacks Making a Comeback
2017 Trends in DDoS, According to Corero
Cybersecurity firm Corero Network Security issued a year-end report, focused on Q2 and Q3 2017, showing that DDoS attacks had doubled over the six month period. Its researchers largely attributed this rapid growth to unsecured Internet of Things … [Read more...] about 2017 Trends in DDoS, According to Corero
The Evolving DDoS Landscape, According to Fastly
Fastly recently published its end-of-year post looking at the evolving DDoS landscape. Fastly has scaled rapidly since its founding in 2011 as a CDN into an edge cloud platform serving more than 10% of all Internet requests worldwide, putting it … [Read more...] about The Evolving DDoS Landscape, According to Fastly