DDoS attacks increase in number, endanger small organisations
The number of DDoS attacks increased by 180 percent during the third quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2014.
The number of DDoS attacks increased by 180 percent during the third quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2014.
Network security provider Arbor Networks is to launch today a cloud-service that will provide a global cleaning service of internet traffic for ISPs, telco providers and enterprise clients.
Fighting denial-of-service attacks has become a matter of survival for some businesses that find their websites getting smashed and network flooded by attackers. Online gaming company SG Interactive says it's under constant attack and the only way to keep going is to set up an anti-DDoS defense.
More than 90 per cent of data centre operators are experiencing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, according to Arbor Networks’ 8th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report.
It's been a month of crippling denial-of-service attacks on websites operated by U.S. banks and financial services firms. A terrorist organization called Al-Qassam takes credit online, but now the attacks are being blamed on Iran.
The rising tide of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) is being made much worse by a tendency to mis-deploy firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (IPS) in front of servers, a report by Arbor Networks has found.
The cyberattacks that took down prominent US and South Korean websites in the last week have apparently ended but the search for those responsible is only just beginning. North Korea has emerged as a likely culprit, especially among politicians, but was it really behind the attacks?
An unusual suspect has emerged in the crippling of an internet chat network: the Recording Industry Association of America.