Xbox Live Hit by DDoS Attack
On Monday, Xbox Live Gaming Servers were taken offline by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, with a hacker group known as Lizard Squad taking responsibility. ...
December 3, 2014 at 12:41 am by Ashley AllenDDoS
Passwords from Sony, Microsoft, 2K Reportedly Leaked
A hacker group has reportedly released thousands of passwords from Sony, Microsoft and 2K Games. They released the supposed passwords and other information yesterday (Friday), ...
November 22, 2014 at 11:58 am by Ryan Simmons
PSN Network Hit By DDOS Attack, Back Online But Sony Postpones Maintenance
Sony’s PlayStation Network was hit by a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack this weekend which affected service. As of today the service has resumed ...
August 25, 2014 at 9:57 am by Ryan Martin
DDoS Attack on Evernote Causing Disruption to Users
DDoS attacks are quickly becoming a common occurrence across the internet and the number of businesses that are suffering to torture that they can cause is also sadly on the ...
June 11, 2014 at 12:38 pm by Chris Hadley
Bounty Offered To Aid Search For DDoS Attackers
MMORPG “Wurm” was hit by a DDoS attack this week, for those of you who don’t know what that is, a DDoS attack effectively forces a website or server offline ...
February 23, 2014 at 2:54 pm by Peter Donnell
New DDoS Attack Hits A Record High Of 400Gbit/s
Last year, when Spamhaus was hit with a massive DDoS attack it set a record for the biggest DDoS attack in recorded history and while that was enough to cause the company a ...
February 12, 2014 at 1:24 pm by Peter Donnell
Cross-Platform DDoS Botnet Warning Released By Security Researchers
A new DDoS Botnet has the ability to infect both Microsoft Windows along with Linux-based systems, according to the Poland Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). Unlike many ...
December 28, 2013 at 9:19 pm by Gabriel Roşu
Spamhaus Hacking Suspect Used A Mobile Attack Van
Last week saw the arrest of an individual that police have only identified as “SK”, a 35 year old Dutchman who was accused of committing one of the biggest ever ...
April 29, 2013 at 2:18 pm by Peter Donnell
WordPress Powered Websites Under By Brute-Force By Bot-Nets
It has been reporting by hosting companies like HostGator and even CDN service ‘CloudFlare’ that there are unknown people behind highly distributed global attacks ...
April 14, 2013 at 2:55 am by Roshan Ashraf Shaikh
Routers With Default Username And Password Can Be Used To Attack Internet Providers
Ever thought your router is secured just because it has the default administrator username and password? Think again! It is reported that many of those home networking devices ...
April 4, 2013 at 12:25 am by Roshan Ashraf Shaikh
World’s Largest DDoS Attack Slowed Down the Internet
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are becoming increasingly more common and visible these days, as tactics of political protest, of businesses getting one over on ...
March 28, 2013 at 9:04 pm by Ryan Martin
