DDoS
Telecom operators in North America hit by DDoS Cyber Attack
Telecom operators in North America were reportedly hit by a Distributed Denial of Services Cyberattack on Monday afternoon in what is believed to be touted as the largest cyber-attack launched on the telecom operators of America to date. The list of the companies offering cell phone services and which have been targeted included T-Mobile, Metro […]
Minnesota has witnessed a surge in Cyber Attacks
Minnesota is witnessing a surge in cyberattacks as hackers are trying to induce political unrest and pressure on the law enforcement after the death of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020. But Minnesota’s Security Operations Center says that all the attacks launched on the government infrastructure of the state have been thwarted or neutralized after […]
DDoS attack on Whiskey Auctioning Firm
A UK based whiskey auctioning firm named ‘Whisky Auctioneer’ had to shut down the auctioning of beverages on Monday this week which includes a rare whiskey named Macallan sale. And the decision was taken due to a Distributed denial of attack(DDoS) on its auctioning website and database. Highly placed sources say that the officials were […]
Cyber Attack news trending on Google
Finastra, a London based technology solutions providing company has issued a press statement yesterday that it is shutting down some of its critical servers due to a cyberattack that targeted it on Thursday. Although the company hasn’t stated the details of the attack variant in its public statement, its incident response team is reported to […]
US Politician Katie Hill in news for launching DDoS Cyber Attack on an opponent
FBI arrested a 32-year old man named Jan Dam hailing from California for launching DDoS Cyber Attacks on a Congressional candidate’s website in April- May 2018- eventually paving way for the win of Katie Hill. As the accusations are proved, apparently Dam will face a 10 years Federal imprisonment. Therefore, this reminds us of […]
DDoS Cyber Attack on Iran’s Internet and Telecom sector
On Saturday last week, Iran’s Telecom Sector witnessed a Distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) which could have easily disrupted 25% of Internet services operating in the region. But the good news is that the cyber teams acted upon the cyber threat on an immediate note which eventually averted a digital massacre from taking place […]
Boss of Cybersecurity Firm launches DDoS Cyber Attacks on other companies
A co-founder of a Cybersecurity firm is said to have admitted to committing a cybercrime of hiring hackers to carry out cyberattacks against other companies. The culprit in a discussion is Tucker Preston from Georgia who confessed before the legal attorney that he hired threat actors to launch Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks between […]
DDoS Attacks rise by 30% in 3Q 2019
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks rose to 30% by the 3Q of 2019 and this was revealed in a study by Russia based Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. The security firm claims that the latest recorded numbers have doubled when compared to the same previous year and were primarily witnessed due to a spike in malicious […]
UK Labor party hit by a DDoS Cyber Attack
Britain’s Labor Party which is an alliance of Social Democrats and democratic socialites along with some trade unionists has alleged that it became a victim of Cyber Attack on Monday this week when a foreign nation (Russia) tried to influence its digital platforms. However, renowned media resources from the UK claim that the issue […]
Amazon Web Services experiences DDoS Cyber Attack
On October 22nd,2019, Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a Distributed Denial of Service(DDoS) Attack between 10:30 AM and 6:30 AM PDT. Details such as who launched the attack and the financial impact are yet to be probed. But the cloud services giant offered an update early today that the issue has been resolved and all […]
