The popular code-hosting site was taken offline for 10 minutes after being targeted by a massive 1.35Tbps DDoS attack more ...
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UK National Lottery Hit By Peak-Time DDoS Attack
The National Lottery's website and mobile app were taken offline for 90 minutes, blocking last-minute online ticket sales more ...
Botnet Launches DDoS Attacks From Thousands Of Android Devices
The WireX botnet used hundreds of infected Android apps on Google Play and elsewhere to launch attack traffic against content providers more ...
Ransomware & Humans Are Silicon Readers’ Biggest Cybersecurity Concerns
Recent events mean ransomware is a hot topic among our readers as DDoS fears ease, but humans are still seen as a vulnerability more ...
Cloudflare Pulls Protection From Far Right Daily Stormer Website
Cloudflare CEO said it was a difficult decision but US civil liberties group hits out at tech firms for clampdown more ...
Poll: What Is Your Biggest Cybersecurity Concern?
Cybersecurity is never far from the IT conversation, but what do you fear the most? more ...
CyberTeam Hacker Group Claims Responsiblity for Scuppering Skype With DDoS Attack
Microsoft remains tight-lipped on the cause of the Skype outage over the past two days more ...
Botnets Target FCC Website Over Net Neutrality, Researchers Say
Researchers claim bots are spamming US regulator website over net neutrality rule change proposal more ...
British Youth Receives Two Year Sentence For DDoS Attacks
Adam Mudd admitted to running the 'Titanium Stresser' DDoS attack tool out of his bedroom in Hertfordshire more ...
Mirai Botnet Hits US College With Massive 54 Hour Attack
Mirai returns (or at least a variant of it) warns researchers at Imperva Incapsula who witnessed the attack more ...