Mobile Security Telegram boss points finger at China for DDoS attack during Hong Kong protests The encrypted service was overwhelmed with "GADZILLIONS of garbage requests" By Rob Thubron, June 13, 2019, 6:58 AM
Security Dutch DDoS hacker is spared jail time Stole $150,000? Just apologize! By James Miller, March 18, 2019, 5:26 AM 11 comments
Security Man sentenced to 10 years in jail for DDoS attacks on healthcare facilities Carried out on behalf of Anonymous By Rob Thubron, January 11, 2019, 9:07 AM
Security FBI charges three in connection with DDoS-for-hire website seizures Merry Christmas from the FBI By Cal Jeffrey, December 20, 2018, 7:07 PM
Gaming WoW player sentenced to a year in federal prison for crashing Blizzard servers Investing in an anger management course would have been a better idea in hindsight By Cal Jeffrey, May 8, 2018, 1:51 PM 7 comments
Security The Web Operation Power OFF pulls the plug on 'DDoS-for-hire' website Six admins of illegal service were arrested -- website and operational assets were seized By Cal Jeffrey, April 25, 2018, 7:57 PM
Security Last week's DDoS attack on GitHub included a ransom demand embedded in the payload Volume of data sent also upgraded to 1.7 Tbps By Cal Jeffrey, March 5, 2018, 7:27 PM
Industry Security GitHub falls victim to largest DDoS attack ever recorded Memcached reflection amplified sent data by factor of 50K By Cal Jeffrey, March 1, 2018, 4:44 PM 7 comments
Security The Web Student who created Mirai botnet pleads guilty Botnet was used for DDoS attacks, ad click fraud and extortion By William Gayde, December 13, 2017, 3:52 PM
The Web US government to investigate FCC's claim that its comment system was hit with DDoS attacks Did it really happen? By William Gayde, October 17, 2017, 10:16 AM 8 comments
News Around the Web Weekend tech reading: James Webb telescope complete, $4 RasPi Zero rival, free shipping is a lie By Matthew DeCarlo, November 6, 2016, 12:00 PM
Security Industry It's time for an IoT security standard By Bob O'Donnell, November 1, 2016, 11:15 AM 6 comments
Security Chinese IoT manufacturer issues recall after its devices are linked to massive DDoS attack By Rob Thubron, October 25, 2016, 9:00 AM 6 comments
Security John McAfee: North Korea behind Dyn DDoS assault, larger attacks on the way By Rob Thubron, October 24, 2016, 6:15 AM 10 comments
News Around the Web Weekend tech: Hacked DVRs, cameras behind massive DDoS, AT&T to buy Time Warner, RIP David Bunnell By Julio Franco, October 22, 2016, 6:15 PM 8 comments
News Around the Web Weekend tech reading: 1nm transistor created, Comcast's 1TB cap rolls out, Boeing sets sight on Mars By Matthew DeCarlo, October 9, 2016, 11:13 AM 6 comments
Security Source code of DDoS botnet responsible for Krebs on Security attack posted online By Rob Thubron, October 3, 2016, 9:30 AM
Security Google Krebs on Security saved by Google after one of the largest DDoS attacks in history By Rob Thubron, September 26, 2016, 8:30 AM 6 comments
Security The Web Two Israeli teens arrested for allegedly operating massive DDoS-for-hire service By Rob Thubron, September 12, 2016, 9:30 AM 6 comments
The Web Australia stuffs up online census, blames DDoS attack By Tim Schiesser, August 10, 2016, 9:45 AM 5 comments
Security Extortionists make over $100,000 from threatening DDoS emails without ever launching an attack By Rob Thubron, April 26, 2016, 1:15 PM
Security Hackers breach web security company used by the KKK, leak sensitive customer data By Rob Thubron, March 14, 2016, 8:30 AM 5 comments
Tech Culture Security Anonymous forces Nissan websites offline in protest against continued Japanese whaling By Rob Thubron, January 14, 2016, 10:30 AM 18 comments
Gaming Despite the new format and a DDoS attack, the Steam Winter Sale was a massive success By Rob Thubron, January 12, 2016, 12:00 PM
The Web Steam's Christmas Day caching issue affected 34,000 users By Tim Schiesser, December 31, 2015, 10:00 AM