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Mirai Botnet Spreads to Thousands of UK Routers

Dec 10, 2016 03:15 AM EST

A new variant of Mirai, the botnet that nearly crippled half of Germany’s Internet service, has spread across the United Kingdom infecting about 2,400 home routers. Security researchers said that these infected routers are being used to carry out massive distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS).

Hacking Group Rewards Hackers for Participating in DDoS Attacks

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Dec 09, 2016 09:40 PM EST

A cyberattack group based in Turkey is offering interested hackers to join a dedicated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) platform and earn points which can then be exchanged for certain hacking tools. The platform is called Surface Defense and it asks hackers to target political websites using a DDoS tool called Balyoz which literally translates to Sledgehammer.

FlashPoint Suggests Dyn DNS Attack Perpetrated by Script Kiddies

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Oct 27, 2016 07:22 AM EDT

Dyn DNS was at the receiving end of a massive denial of service attack last week, and recently FlashPoint issued a preliminary report about what happened.

Chinese Firm Issues Recall for Webcams and DVRs used as Botnets in Global DDoS Attack

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

Oct 24, 2016 11:25 PM EDT

"Mirai is a huge disaster for the Internet of Things," said Xiongmai.

Hackers Almost Cripple the Internet by Weaponizing IoT Devices as Botnets

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

Oct 22, 2016 08:25 AM EDT

The severity and length of the attacks led some security experts to finger Russia.

U.S. Spending Heavily to Counter Deadly DDoS Cyber Attacks

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 26, 2016 05:19 AM EDT

DARPA's answer to this deadly threat is Extreme DDoS Defense or XD3.

Hackers Attack JD.com Hundreds of Thousands of Times Every Day

Michael A. Katz |

Dec 18, 2015 07:43 PM EST

Hackers are launching hundreds of thousands of attacks on JD.com (JD), China's largest online direct sales company, on a daily basis, according to the company's chief executive officer.

Coding Website GitHub Hit by Massive DDoS Attack

David Curry |

Mar 30, 2015 08:39 AM EDT

The attack focused on two areas on GitHub: Greatfire.org and The New York Times' Chinese language website.

Lizard Squad Takes Down Lenovo Website

David Curry |

Feb 27, 2015 04:02 AM EST

This isn't typical Lizard Squad work and might mean the hacking group is branching out.

Lizard Squad to Release Taylor Swift's Nude Photos for Bitcoin

Cory Doyle |

Jan 29, 2015 08:35 AM EST

"Cause the hackers gonna hack, hack, hack, hack... Never a dull moment," Swift said via Twitter after regaining her account.

Cyber Attacks on the Rise in 2015

David Curry |

Jan 28, 2015 08:59 AM EST

Denial-of-service attacks grew 50 percent in 2014, thanks to increased political cyber warfare.

Facebook says Outage due to Tech Problem, not Hack Attack

David Curry |

Jan 27, 2015 09:22 AM EST

Facebook has announced internal errors were to blame for the outage, not the infamous DDoS attackers Lizard Squad.

Sony Rewards PSN Users After Holiday Network Issues

Cory Doyle |

Jan 03, 2015 07:13 PM EST

"Thanks again to all our loyal PlayStation fans and welcome to our newest console owners. Wishing you all a very happy holiday," Sony said in its announcement.