The British professional hacker behind the 2016 Mirai attack on Lonestar, Liberia’s largest telecom company, was sentenced to two years and eight months in...
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British police have announced that they have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a series of hoax bomb threats and distributed denial-of-service...
An unnamed university’s own connected devices were infected and launched a DDoS Attack on its infrastructure and shut down the internet. The institution...
As security researchers have warned repeatedly, large distributed denial of service attacks are on the rise. And they are getting more sophisticated and...
Lax security of the internet of things and vulnerabilities in smart devices have set a precedent by encouraging many attacks in a short time. In just a few...
The code behind the giant IoT botnet that launched the biggest DDoS attack in history has just been released by its author. The hacker, also known as Anna...
The internet of things is turning into an intensely debated technology because of the proven security risks. The weak passwords on devices and accounts make it...
What would happen if attackers compromised the 911 emergency network across the US? A recent study from Negev’s Cyber-Security Research Center shows how easy...
This hypothesis sprung on Saturday when Niantic servers suffered severe downtime that affected all game infrastructure, according to news reports. The game was...
A week-long DDoS attack targeted DNS provider NS1, aiming systematically at the company’s infrastructure. While the company claims it’s constantly...