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distributed denial of service

Cloudflare blocked multi-vector DDoS attack that peaked at almost 2 Tbps

Threats and Risks

Cloudflare blocked multi-vector DDoS attack that peaked at almost 2 Tbps

Attack was launched from 15,000 bots running Mirai malware on compromised Internet of Things (IoT) devices and unpatched GitLab instances

clock 16 November 2021 • 3 min read

Security

DDoS attack that took down Dyn DNS service blamed on Mirai IoT botnet

Attack that took major websites offline blamed on insecure connected devices

clock 24 October 2016 • 3 min read

Security

HSBC online banking taken down in denial-of-service attack

Bank claims that it 'successfully defended' its systems - but online service remains down

clock 29 January 2016 • 2 min read

Security

Mumsnet user details stolen by hackers following DDoS attack

Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts also subjected to 'swatting' attack by same culprit

clock 19 August 2015 • 4 min read

Threats and Risks

How can you protect against DDoS attacks? Renew your defences and monitor hacktivist forums

Danny Palmer investigates how you can mitigate the impact of a DDoS attack on your corporate servers

clock 07 August 2015 • 3 min read

Threats and Risks

Will RBS ever learn? Its latest outage was because of a DDoS attack

Bank suffers yet another IT glitch which left customers unable to access their online banking accounts

clock 05 August 2015 •

Hacking

DDoS attack takes down Valve's $18m Dota 2 International e-Sports tournament

Matches set to be played in front of thousands at Seattle's KeyArena delayed due to DDoS attack

clock 05 August 2015 • 1 min read

Security

Protests or profiteering? Whether it's Anonymous, the Cyber Caliphate or Cyber Berkut, the hack remains the same

Stephen Coty examines some of the means and motives of the burgeoning number of "hacktivists"

clock 25 June 2015 •
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