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Europol has announced that the law enforcement agencies from 13 countries around the globe have arrested 34 users of Netspoof DDoS attack tool and interviewed and warned 101 suspects in a global crackdown.
According to the report published on the offi… Continue reading Europol arrests 34 Teenagers for using DDoS Attack Tools
DDoS has become a game now that could knock any service offline.
A Turkish hacking group is encouraging individuals to join its DDoS-for-Points platform that features points and prizes for carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a list of predetermined targets.
The points earned can later be redeemed for various online click-fraud and hacking tools.
Dubbed Sath-ı
Continue reading Turkish Hackers Are Giving Away Prizes For Participating In DDoS Attacks
Researchers are tracking a new wave of DDoS attacks that rival Mirai when it comes to intensity and scope. Continue reading New Large-Scale DDoS Attacks Follow Schedule
Mirai Botnet is getting stronger and more notorious each day that passes by. The reason: Insecure Internet-of-things Devices.
Last month, the Mirai botnet knocked the entire Internet offline for a few hours, crippling some of the world’s biggest and m… Continue reading Cyber Attack Knocks Nearly a Million Routers Offline
A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a critical vulnerability in the Network Time Protocol daemon (ntpd) has been publically released that could allow anyone to crash a server with just a single maliciously crafted packet.
The vulnerability has been p… Continue reading NTP DoS Exploit Released — Update Your Servers to Patch 10 Flaws
The Dutch hacker, who in 2013 was accused of launching the biggest cyberattack to date against the anti-spam group Spamhaus, escaped prison Monday even after he was sentenced to nearly 8 months in jail because most of his term was suspended.
Sven Olaf… Continue reading Dutch Hacker Who Almost Broke The Internet Escapes Jail
Yes, you only need a single laptop with a decent internet connection, rather a massive botnet, to launch overwhelming denial of service (DoS) attacks in order to bring down major Internet servers and modern-day firewalls.
Researchers at TDC Security O… Continue reading Even A Single Computer Can Take Down Big Servers Using BlackNurse Attack
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have risen enormously in past few months and, mostly, they are coming from hacked and insecure internet-connected devices, most commonly known as Internet of Things (IoT).
Recent DDoS attack against DNS pro… Continue reading 5 Major Russian Banks Hit With Powerful DDoS Attacks
As announced on Tuesday, the OpenSSL project team released OpenSSL version 1.1.0c that addresses three security vulnerabilities in its software.
The most serious of all is a heap-based buffer overflow bug (CVE-2016-7054) related to Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections using *-CHACHA20-POLY1305 cipher suites.
The vulnerability, reported by Robert Święcki of the Google Security Team on
Continue reading OpenSSL Releases Patch For “High” Severity Vulnerability
Just Imaging — What if, you enter into your home from a chilling weather outside, and the heating system fails to work because of a cyber attack, leaving you in the sense of panic?
The same happened late last month when an attack knocks heating system offline in Finland.
Last week, a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack led to the disruption of the heating systems for at least two
Continue reading DDoS Attack Takes Down Central Heating System Amidst Winter In Finland