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UK Anonymous keeps up DDoS barrage on ICO

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

16 May, 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... Read more

16 February, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

Pastebin falls victim to DDoS attacks

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

6 January, 2012 by Michael Lee

Network Solutions hit by double DDoS attack

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

22 June, 2011 by Erica Ogg

Web-hosting firm hit by China-based DDoS attack

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

4 March, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

South Korea builds digital 'bunkers' against DDoS attacks

...Korea has installed digital 'bunkers' to prevent a repeat of the massive distributed denial-of-service attacks that crippled parts of the country last year... Read more

18 November, 2010 by Darren Pauli

Plea date set for suspected Anonymous hackers

...court in January to enter their pleas against charges of involvement in distributed denial-of-service attacks. Lawyers for the two teenagers, who are accused... Read more

30 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Study finds cybercrime costs on the rise

...Ponemon Institute said the most expensive and common cybercrimes concerned malicious code, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, "malicious insiders", and devices that have been... Read more

3 August, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

McAfee: South Korea botnet self-destructed after DDoS

...Korean and US military websites were struck by a hit-and-run distributed denial-of-service attack that self-destructed after 10 days, according to... Read more

7 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner
LulzSec RIP: But who'll have the last laugh?

LulzSec RIP: But who'll have the last laugh?

...reinforce the importance of a number of security fundamentals. Photo credit: LulzSec Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks brought down high-profile websites, and SQL... Read more

28 June, 2011 by Rik Ferguson

Anonymous denies responsibility for Sony hack

...for whatever has happened," the message says. While Anonymous previously organised a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against some Sony websites in April, the... Read more

11 May, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Anonymous DDoS swoop results in five arrests

...Police have arrested five young men on suspicion of taking part in distributed denial-of-service attacks launched by Anonymous, the group that has targeted... Read more

27 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner
<endeca_term>Distributed Denial of Service</endeca_term> (DDOS) Attacks Detection Mechanism

Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Attacks Detection Mechanism

Pushback is a mechanism for defending against Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. DDoS attacks are treated as a congestion... Read more

1 December, 2011
A Survey on Various Defense Mechanisms Against Application Layer <endeca_term>Distributed Denial of Service</endeca_term> Attack

A Survey on Various Defense Mechanisms Against Application Layer Distributed Denial of Service Attack

The severity of application layer Distributed Denial of Service attack has become a major threat to network operators... Read more

1 November, 2011

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