All DDoS attacks start with a botnet. A "bot" is an internet-connected device that has been compromised by a hacker and infected with malware. All DDoS attacks start with a botnet. You might ...

The surge in DDoS attack traffic this year has been driven in part by the rapid expansion of IoT devices - from smart watches ...

DDoS attacks don't take much technical expertise to launch these days. Defending against them is more complicated.

The aim is to paralyze the target’s operations -which is why DDoS protection measures are critical to an organization’s cybersecurity strategy.

The BreachForums online hacker market is seized yet again, claimed by fellow hacktivst gang the Dark Storm Team, the same ...

According to new data released by Netscout, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are on the rise. There were 17 million such attacks in 2024 – up from 13 million the year before.

This takes DDoS attacks to a new level, but the good news is that the problem is confined to a few thousand misconfigured servers, and the solution is to put the servers behind a tighter firewall ...

A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is a common technique used to temporarily bring down websites. It is not the same as hacking into a website. These are well-orchestrated attacks on the web ...