I am sure all of you know its meaning. For those new to the term, it is “distributed” Denial of Service – caused by the way too many requests to the server than it can handle. When unable to process ...

BitTorrent applications used by hundreds of millions of users around the world could be tricked into participating in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, amplifying the malicious traffic ...

Aging networking protocols still employed by nearly every Internet-connected device are being abused by hackers to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Security vendor Prolexic found ...

Attackers abused insecure Network Time Protocol servers to launch what appears to be one of the largest DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks ever reported, this time against the infrastructure ...

European law enforcement agencies say they've arrested the administrators of a website that allowed users to pay to knock selected websites offline. The site Webstresser.org let paying customers — for ...

The latest cyber attacks against financial institutions and other big companies reflect a refinement of the familiar old tactic of overwhelming a server with massive amounts of traffic, according to ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In 2022, the total number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks worldwide increased by 115.1% over the amount observed in 2021, according to new research from ...

A criminal cyberattack known as a “distributed denial of service” targeted LancasterOnline on Tuesday. Visitors were unable to read stories on the news website, publication to the mobile app was ...