A political scandal is brewing in Korea over alleged denial of service attacks against the National Election Commission (NEC) website. Police have arrested the 27-year-old personal assistant of … [Read more...]
Hong Kong Stock Exchange hit by DDoS attack (again)
Tuesday, 16 August 2011 By
Trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange remained suspended for a handful of stocks as a result of a distributed denial-of-service attack on its news Website, the Financial Times reported. The … [Read more...]
We’re not vulnerable to DDoS attacks, says Microsoft’s John Howie
Wednesday, 6 July 2011 By
Microsoft has blamed Sony and security firm RSA for making 'rookie mistakes' that led to both firms' recent and widely-publicised hacking incidents. John Howie, senior director, online services … [Read more...]
Russian President Medvedev calls attack on his blog illegal
Friday, 8 April 2011 By
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday called on law enforcement agencies to look into a cyber attack that took his blog offline for at least an hour a day earlier. Medvedev's blog was … [Read more...]
South Korea also victim of DDoS attack
Friday, 4 March 2011 By
The South-Korean communication regulator (KCC) is reporting that about 40 government websites and sites from financial institutions have been under attack. The distributed denial of service attack … [Read more...]
WordPress.com under DDoS attack
Friday, 4 March 2011 By
In a statement Wordpress.com, a very popular blog hosting company, said they are suffering a very intense DDoS attack: There's an ongoing DDoS attack that was large enough to impact all three of … [Read more...]
Flashback: 7 years ago, Mydoom took down SCO
Tuesday, 1 February 2011 By
7 years ago, on February the 1st 2004 the Mydoom worm launched an distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the unix-like distributor SCO. Today the linux vendor does not exist anymore as it … [Read more...]
FBI also comes down hard on 40 Anonymous members
Friday, 28 January 2011 By
After we reported yesterday that London metro police arrested 5 members of the Anonymous group, responsible for launching DDoS attacks, the FBI has also opened up the hunt. The bureau is looking … [Read more...]
5 people arrested for DDoS attacks by London police
Thursday, 27 January 2011 By
In an announcement London metropolitan police states: Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Service's Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) have arrested five people in connection with offences … [Read more...]
US Cyberczar minimizes DDoS attacks
Friday, 24 December 2010 By
In an article in the US magazine Newsweek, US cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt said that the current wave of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks are to be compared with the hippie … [Read more...]
