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UK Anonymous keeps up DDoS barrage on ICO

...ICO Attackers, including the ATeam, have been targeting the site with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks since Sunday as part of a protest called... Read more

16 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Seventeen-year-old arrested over TeamPoison attacks

...a statement on Thursday. The hacking group also claimed to have performed denial-of-service attacks to knock websites and computing systems off the internet... Read more

10 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft patches critical Remote Desktop Protocol flaw

...updates and install this update manually," said Microsoft. Microsoft also patched a denial-of-service vulnerability in RDP on Tuesday. Get the latest technology news... Read more

14 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Pastebin falls victim to DDoS attacks

...attack for the second time this week, falling victim to a distributed denial-of-service attack. The site allows developers and programmers to store large... Read more

6 January, 2012 by Michael Lee

Network Solutions hit by double DDoS attack

...Network Solutions's customers unable to access their websites and servers. Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks were carried out against Network Solutions on Monday... Read more

22 June, 2011 by Erica Ogg

FCO condemns Iranian cyberattack against the BBC

...a cyberattack against the BBC, which has also suffered a series of denial-of-service attempts against its Persian Service. The Foreign Office has criticised... Read more

14 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner
Study: DDoS attacks reach IPv6 networks

Study: DDoS attacks reach IPv6 networks

...The next-generation IPv6 internet is now suffering distributed denial-of-service attacks, and is struggling to combat the threat, according to... Read more

16 February, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

Anonymous claims DDoS strike on CIA website

...website went down on Friday afternoon in what looked like a distributed denial-of-service attack publicised by members of the online activist group Anonymous... Read more

13 February, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Oracle pushes fix for 'Apache Killer' flaw

...urged customers to patch software against vulnerabilities that enable simple yet effective denial-of-service attacks against web servers. The out-of-cycle patches for... Read more

19 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Hartlepool student charged over Anonymous attacks

...charged a 22-year-old man from Cleveland with being involved in denial-of-service attacks carried out by the Anonymous activist group. Peter David... Read more

25 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

DDoS attack takes down Atlassian's SaaS platform

...A distributed denial-of-service attack against Atlassian's hosting provider took the company's... Read more

6 June, 2011 by Renai LeMay

Web-hosting firm hit by China-based DDoS attack

...A distributed denial-of-service attack that affected thousands of customers at web-hosting firm... Read more

9 March, 2011 by Elinor Mills

WordPress suffers massive DDoS attack

...Blog host WordPress.com was the target of a distributed denial-of-service on Thursday, described by the company as the largest in... Read more

4 March, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Size of DDoS group 'doesn't matter', security agency says

...The number of people needed to launch a successful denial-of-service attack has been overestimated by the press, according to the... Read more

16 December, 2010 by Jack Clark

Expert: App firewall can counter DDoS attacks

...applications should look to application firewalls for better protection, particularly against distributed denial-of-service attacks, a security expert has warned. Vladimir Yordanov, director of... Read more

14 December, 2010 by Tyler Thia

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