DDoS Threats & Security Attacks: DDoS Reports & Cyber Security Threats

Hajime is a sophisticated, flexible and future-proof IoT botnet. It is capable of updating itself and provides the ability to extend its member bots with ‘richer’ functions, both efficiently and fast.

April 25, 2017 03:00 PM Threat Alert

A new version of the BrickerBot PDoS attack has been discovered and researched by Radware’s Emergency Response Team.

April 20, 2017 03:00 PM Threat Alert

As the 2017 French presidential election approaches, many are becoming worried about the possibility of cyber interference in the election process. There is concern that a cyber-attack or social manipulation like those recently seen in the 2016 United States presidential election will occur in the time leading up to the April 23rd election date.

April 20, 2017 03:00 PM Threat Alert

Called Permanent Denial-of-Service (PDoS), this form of cyber-attack is becoming increasingly popular in 2017 as more incidents involving this hardware-damaging assault occur.

April 4, 2017 03:00 PM Threat Alert

Since the publication of the Mirai botnet source code, there has been a race to enslave more and more IoT devices by hackers and bot-herders.

March 7, 2017 02:00 PM Threat Alert

Zyklon HTTP is a botnet that is currently being sold on the Darknet, HackForums and available on a number of member only communities. This botnet supports Tor for anonymization and comes loaded with a number of additional features. It allows its users to execute various types of DDoS attacks, data theft and fraud. It also features secure operation mechanisms to detect other malware and assure its availability.

February 15, 2017 02:00 PM Threat Alert

In a move to combat the government of Thailand’s strategy to implement central control of the nation’s Internet, Anonymous has launched OpSingleGateway. OpSingleGateway is in reaction to the Thai government’s plan to consolidate 10 Internet gateways in the country into a single, centralized gateway controlled by the government. The centralized gateway would give the government the ability to control, intercept and arrest any person not complying with Internet laws.

January 16, 2017 02:00 PM Threat Alert

The infamous Mirai botnet was responsible for the top three DDoS attacks in 2016, against Brian Krebs, OVH and DynDNS.

December 19, 2016 02:00 PM Threat Alert