Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a malicious form of attack that disrupts the regular network traffic by overwhelming the website with more traffic than the server can handle. The main aim of this kind of cyberattack is to render the website inoperable. Over recent years, these kinds of attacks are increasing, fueling the demand for the best DDoS protection … [Read more...] about Rising Demand for DDoS Protection Software Market By 2020-2028
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Cybercriminals Now Using Plex Media Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks
A new distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) vector has ensnared Plex Media Server systems to amplify malicious traffic against targets to take them offline. "Plex's startup processes unintentionally expose a Plex UPnP-enabled service registration responder to the general Internet, where it can be abused to generate reflection/amplification DDoS attacks," Netscout … [Read more...] about Cybercriminals Now Using Plex Media Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks
Attackers Abusing Citrix NetScaler Devices to Launch Amplified DDoS Attacks
Citrix has issued an emergency advisory warning its customers of a security issue affecting its NetScaler application delivery controller (ADC) devices that attackers are abusing to launch amplified distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against several targets. "An attacker or bots can overwhelm the Citrix ADC [Datagram Transport Layer Security] network throughput, … [Read more...] about Attackers Abusing Citrix NetScaler Devices to Launch Amplified DDoS Attacks
‘Satori’ IoT DDoS Botnet Operator Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison
The United States Department of Justice yesterday sentenced a 22-year-old Washington-based hacker to 13 months in federal prison for his role in creating botnet malware, infecting a large number of systems with it, and then abusing those systems to carry out large scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against various online service and targets.According to court … [Read more...] about ‘Satori’ IoT DDoS Botnet Operator Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison
DDoS Attacker Who Ruined Gamers’ Christmas Gets 27 Months in Prison
A 23-year-old hacker from Utah who launched a series of DDoS attacks against multiple online services, websites, and online gaming companies between December 2013 and January 2014 has been sentenced to 27 months in prison.Austin Thompson, a.k.a. "DerpTroll," pledged guilty back in November 2018 after he admitted to being a part of DerpTrolling, a hacker group that was behind … [Read more...] about DDoS Attacker Who Ruined Gamers’ Christmas Gets 27 Months in Prison
Telegram Suffers ‘Powerful DDoS Attack’ From China During Hong Kong Protests
Telegram, one of the most popular encrypted messaging app, briefly went offline yesterday for hundreds of thousands of users worldwide after a powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack hit its servers.Telegram founder Pavel Durov later revealed that the attack was mainly coming from the IP addresses located in China, suggesting the Chinese government could be behind … [Read more...] about Telegram Suffers ‘Powerful DDoS Attack’ From China During Hong Kong Protests