Nokia unveils advanced DDoS countermeasures for improved protection against botnet and application-level DDoS attacks Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have become more frequent, ...

Kimwolf is the latest reminder that the most dangerous botnets now grow quietly inside everyday consumer electronics. Security researchers say the Android-based network has already roped in roughly ...

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Carlos Morales is SVP and GM, DDoS and Application Security, DigiCert. Many of you probably unwrapped a smart device this ...

Some of the most powerful DDoS attacks ever detected have been revealed by cybersecurity company StormWall. This specific botnet, which enabled DDoS attacks of up to 2TB/s, sets a new record over the ...

From the dark side comes an ominous new botnet called Darkness that researchers say is quite impressive and is targeting a wide variety of websites. In the last month, Darkness has become a very ...

In recent days you may have heard about the terrifying botnet consisting of 3 million electric toothbrushes that were infected with malware. While you absent-mindedly attended to your oral hygiene, ...

In just three months, the massive Aisuru botnet launched more than 1,300 distributed denial-of-service attacks, one of them setting a new record with a peak at 29.7 terabits per second. Aisuru is a ...

CloudFlare spotted a new botnet in the wild which launched massive DDoS attacks aimed at the US West Coast for 10 days in a row. A new monster botnet, which hasn’t been given a name yet, has been ...

In brief: Don't look now, but your video recorder might be part of a massive botnet pulling off record-breaking sustained DDoS attacks. The network involves compromised Shenzhen webcams and DVRs. The ...