Opinion: Anon Will Need More Than Porn Takedowns To Rehab Its Image
The hacktivist group Anonymous, it seems, is bent on rehabilitating its image. In recent months, the anarchic hacking collective has moved from retaliatory attacks on enemies (like Aaron Barr) and...
View Article162,000 WordPress Sites Used in DDoS Attack
More than 162,000 “popular and clean” WordPress sites were recently used in a large-scale distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) that exploited the content management system’s pingback feature....
View ArticleBasecamp Online After DDoS Attack, Extortion Attempt
The project management console Basecamp is back online and its developers are in the process of restoring customers’ network access Tuesday after the service was taken down by a distributed...
View ArticleDDoS Attacks Take Down Feedly, Evernote
News aggregator Feedly and note-taking service Evernote were both knocked offline by distributed denial of service attacks in the last 24 hours.
View ArticleHigh-Volume, High-Rate DDoS Attacks Persist
A new report illustrates the continued proliferation of both high-volume and high-rate distributed denial of service attacks, like the ones executed via NTP amplification, over the last few months.
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Targets Users of DDoS-For-Hire Services
Law enforcement from more than a dozen countries last week carried out a series of operations designed to crack down on DDoS-for-hire services.
View ArticleDDoS Attacks Can Cost Businesses Up to $2.5M Per Attack, Report Says
Neustar's annual DDoS attack report says businesses can lose $2.5M on average detecting and mitigating DDoS attacks.
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