A Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet tracked as Beastmode (aka B3astmode) has updated its list of exploits to include several new ones, three of them targeting various models of ...

A DDoS attack is one of the more complex threats businesses face today. Given the intricacy of IT infrastructures and the sophistication of potential attackers, the optimal mitigation model would ...

A Mirai-based DDoS (distributed denial of service) malware botnet tracked as IZ1H9 has added thirteen new payloads to target Linux-based routers and routers from D-Link, Zyxel, TP-Link, TOTOLINK, and ...

Nokia Corporation NOK recently announced that Worldstream, a leading cloud infrastructure provider, has opted to deploy its Deepfield DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) security solution and cutting ...

On March 10, X experienced multiple outages, with tens of thousands of users reporting the social site was down for them. Later that day, after multiple failures, X came back online. What caused this?

IoT botnets are not new. Nor are DDoS attacks. But the two are on a trajectory that is raising the stakes in DDoS protection and bot takeover prevention. Larry Pesce remembers the day when the ...

Tens of millions of home routers are exposing Internet service provider networks to DNS-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, according to new research from DNS software and security ...

A new attack aimed at building a massive botnet to launch paid-for traffic attacks is very likely to have recruited vulnerable routers based in Australia, according to security firm Flashpoint. The ...