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Microsoft confirms recent service outages were DDoS attacks
Microsoft has shared some information about an outage that affected a number of its cloud-based services earlier this month.
Analysis of internet-connected devices reveals millions are vulnerable to attack
Trend Micro conducted an analysis of Shodan's data on connected devices for February 2016, and found millions that are vulnerable to attack.
Samsung Smartcam has a critical remote execution vulnerability, update coming
Samsung's Smartcam line of webcams has been identified as having a serious remote execution vulnerability, causing privacy concerns.
Black Lives Matter website hit by more than 100 DDoS attacks in seven months
A new report from Deflect Labs demonstrates the scale and scope of DDoS attacks made against the Black Lives Matter website this year.
Europol, FBI arrest dozens over DDoS-related offenses in joint effort
An international crackdown on DDoS attacks has led to 34 arrests and 100 more individuals being interviewed and cautioned.
Cloudflare is fighting off a DDoS attack that started the day before Thanksgiving
Cloudflare has noted an increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) traffic that began on November 23, the day before the Thanksgiving weekend began.
New guidelines to protect smart home devices from botnets and privacy invasion
Following the October Dyn DDoS attack, an internet industry group has issued recommended practices to protect security and privacy of smart home devices.
How to keep your gadgets from being part of a botnet
How to make sure your IoT devices aren't members of a botnet DDoS attack, and what you can do to protect yourself if it happens again.
Bungie turns to the gamer community to help ban Destiny cheaters
Bungie is well aware of the cheaters in Destiny and it wants your help to catch them, using the game's built-in report system.
Flashpoint: Friday’s DDoS attacks were likely conducted by amateur hackers
A recent report provided by security firm Flashpoint suggests that amateur hackers unleashed the waves of DDoS attacks on Friday for fun, not by the "pros."
After Friday’s attack, XiongMai recalls millions of devices that use its tech
Internet-connected devices that use XiongMai's components will be recalled in the wake of Friday's massive DDoS attack. This will mostly consist of webcams.
Thanks but no thanks: WikiLeaks asks its supporters to stop DDoS attacks
Following a massive DDoS attack that left much of the internet in disarray throughout Friday, WikiLeaks has emerged to call out against the attacks.
Update: Morning attack on DNS provider resumes, internet burns
A cyberattack on Dyn has left much of the web in shambles, with users reporting issues with popular sites like Twitter, Spotify, SoundCloud, and Airbnb.
Cybercriminals attempted to disrupt the elections in Montenegro on Sunday
Montenegro’s parliamentary elections were disrupted yesterday by a series of DDOS attacks on government and media websites.
Feds arrest two alleged teenage members of Lizard Squad and PoodleCorp
The Department of Justice has arrested and charged two 19-year-olds for alleged involvement with Lizard Squad and PoodleCorp hacking operations.
The source code for a potent DDoS tool has now been made public
Brian Krebs has reported that a tool used to carry out an attack against his website is now freely available online.
Brian Krebs is back online following a DDoS attack thanks to Google’s Project Shield
Last week an unparalleled DDoS attack targeted cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs after his latest exposé, and now he’s getting help from Google.
Is a major entity trying to learn how to take down the internet?
Security expert Bruce Schneier has published a report about recent "probing" DDoS attacks levelled against major web infrastructure.
Two Israeli teenagers arrested over vDOS DDoS-for-hire service
Cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs has detailed the business model and practices of vDOS, a shady DDoS attack service that lets anyone buy attacks.
Armada Collective DDoS threats were fake, but still scored thousands of dollars
Several sites have been receiving fake DDoS threats and extortion demands from the so-called Armada Collective, but the group still scored over $100,000
A hacker group is threatening VPN providers with DDOS attacks
The hacker group Armada Collective is threatening DDOS attacks on VPN and encrypted email services and demanding thousands of dollars in ransom.
Want someone to hack a Gmail account? That’ll cost just $130, says report from Dell
Dell's SecureWorks arm has published a report revealing the prices for DDoS attacks, hacking emails, getting fake bank account credentials, and more.
Anonymous is behind those massive cyberattacks in Turkey
It isn't just ISIS that Anonymous has declared war against -- it's all its friends as well. The group has claimed responsibility for the cyberattacks in Turkey.