A pro-Russian hacker group claims responsibility for a recent cyberattack on the French national postal service.

Kimwolf botnet infected 1.8 million Android TV devices and issued 1.7 billion DDoS commands, using ENS to hide its control ...

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are targeting smaller businesses and freelancers. Can using a VPN help?

DDoS attacks systematically damage online gaming by targeting multiple levels of play infrastructure. Akamai’s research shows ...

The Pirate Bay has come back online after the file-sharing site was hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. The Pirate Bay said today that it was "back in full effect!" after being taken ...

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Polish authorities have detained four suspects linked to six DDoS-for-hire platforms, believed to have facilitated thousands of attacks targeting schools, government services, businesses, and gaming ...

Distributed denial of service and SQL injection are the main types of attack discussed on hacking forums, according to new research from security vendor Imperva. Underground discussion forums are an ...

Cybercrimes such as hacking and DDoS attacks have doubled over the past decade, according to a report. Private education expenses for elementary, middle, and high school students have steadily ...

Poor Sony: This morning, the company's PlayStation Network (PSN) and Store were unreachable due to suspected foul play by Lizard Squad, the same hacker group that took down Microsoft's Xbox Live ...