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If you are an Electronic Arts (EA) customer then don’t worry you are not alone since tons of other users are also complaining about EA servers being down. At the moment it is unclear what’s exactly going on but we can confirm that there hasn’t been any official tweet from EA Support twitter handle. It could be […]
If you’re the type of person who stays updated on internet security and DDoS attack trends, you probably right skip along without a second thought when the possibility of unwittingly being part of a botnet is raised. After all, if you’re the type of person who stays abreast of these issues, there’s no way your […]
Do you own a WordPress site? Congratulations, the advanced security features of the platform will protect you for life…or so you’d like to think. Unlike ready SaaS solutions, online website builders with centralized management, WordPress is a popular open-source CMS with open code with lots of security vulnerabilities. And believe me, these vulnerabilities can be […]
Young hackers are creating quite a lot of trouble for the US cyber security agencies lately. To eradicate the threat, a multinational operation was carried out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Europol for capturing young, impatient hackers. During the operation, a science student of Indian origin was also arrested. According to reports, the […]
A Turkish hacker who is known on-line as Mehmet has released a DDoS opposition that invitations members to take down political websites and then be rewarded for their achievements. Safety corporation Forcepoint located what they called the “gamification” of DDoS assaults. Announcing that every participant within the contest receives get admission to to a tool […]
Since the emergence of Mirai IoT botnet, there have been a noticeable increase in DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service) and it looks like authorities are eager to take on culprits behind these attacks. In a statement released by Europol’s press service on Monday, it has been announced that Europol itself and with the help of US […]
Hackers are leaving no stone unturned in creating troubles through their social engineering antics. This time, however, they have devised a completely new and innovative technique for attacking websites. Reportedly, a group of Turkish hackers has created a DDoS platform luring unsuspecting individuals to join the platform and conduct DDoS attacks. The winning players receive […]
SEC Consult, renowned IT security services and consultation firm, has identified that there is a critical flaw in Sony’s 80 SNC series IP cameras. This series features the IPELA ENGINE signal processing system of Sony. It is discovered that the security cameras have backdoor accounts that can be exploited to gain control of the device. […]
In a blog post by CloudFlare, it has been revealed that the US West Coast is likely to become the target of yet another huge DDoS attack but this time it will be conducted with a different botnet than Mirai that was using during Dyn DNS attack which forced sites like Twitter, Amazon, PayPal etc […]
In 2016, there have been a rise in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Internet giants as well as small business. The attack on Dyn DNS that forced Twitter, PayPal, NYT and others to go offline is one good example, thanks to unprotected Internet of Things (IoT) devices and botnets like Mirai and Bashlite. To tackle these growing threats companies are looking for a permanent […]
A couple of weeks ago it was reported that some top Russian banks suffered a series of massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Now, hackers are upping their game every passing day and this time they have chosen to steal money from bank accounts that are kept at the Russia. Reportedly, hackers have managed to […]
In light of all the controversy surrounding the presidential election this year and the most recent cyber hack of the San Francisco Muni Computer Network, businesses around the country are bracing for that next ‘big one’ that might be forthcoming in 2017. Cyber security is a huge concern, not just in the United States, but […]
What is it? A “denial of service” (sometimes called a “distributed denial of service” or DDoS) attack occurs when a system, in this case a web server, receives so many requests at one time that the server resources are overloaded the system simply locks up and shuts down. The goal and result of a successful […]
Mirai botnet has already created enough disruption at high-profile organizations and with its new version, we can expect it to exploit the already vulnerable IoT devices with a lot more zeal and intensity. The new version of Mirai bonnet has already claimed a victim, which is the German Deutsche Telekom. In a statement, the company […]
A senior female student at Franklin Regional High School was charged by the police for carrying out a series of cyber-attacks on not one or two but more than 12 local school districts. However, the targets of the 18-year old Michaela Gabriella King’s attack weren’t only schools as the teen also launched attacks against Westmoreland […]
This is indeed shocking that now malicious cyber-criminals are providing DDoS hire services to fellow hackers and ambitious scammers. Hackers going by the handle of Popopret and BestBuy (the same hacker was also selling Terrorist database on the darknet) are offering a DDoS-for-hire service where they are renting our Mirai botnet comprising of around 400,000 […]
The European Commission servers were forced to go offline for hours on Thursday after suffering a series of large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The Commission confirmed there was no data breach and also claimed that there was no service interruption but one staff member revealed they couldn’t access the Internet for hours after the attack. […]
The Internet of Things has become more of a joke lately because of the never ending styles of exploitation that these poor devices are being subjected to by malicious cybercriminals and hackers. It is now widely believed that the IoT devices are seriously prone to cyber attacks as their various inherent vulnerabilities make them easy […]
Are you unable to access your Electronic Arts and PlayStation Network account? Well, welcome to the party since you are not alone. A growing number of users are reporting on Twitter that they can’t access their accounts and it is unclear what is really going on. Looking at the official help account of Playstation one can see […]
Last October, Dyn, a commercial DNS provider made headlines when it was attacked with a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The same company is in the news again but this time for a completely different reason. As surprising as it sounds, it is indeed true that Dyn has been acquired by Oracle. The […]
Having trouble accessing your PlayStation Network account? You are not alone but Sony is denying suffering any security breach. A number of PSN users are complaining that their accounts are getting blocked and hacked — Sony, on the other hand, denies a there was a hack. In the last couple of days, a growing number […]