DDoS

DDoS attackers have gaming enterprises in their sights, but there are effective security strategies and solutions available to mitigate these attacks.

TeamViewer users have reported unauthorized connections and hacked accounts after several reports of unknown third parties taking control of PCs.

Two variants of ransomware just got new updates: CryptXXX 3.0, now with a new encryption algorithm, and Cerber, which can now turn infected computers into bots for DDoS attacks.

A member of the hacking group Electronik Tribulation Army (ETA) pleaded guilty last week for launching a DDoS attack on a researcher's site.

The US Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against seven Iranian hackers for disrupting computer systems in the US—including banks and a New York dam.

Over the past few years, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have been used to disrupt online operations for different motivations that range from activism to extortion. What is a DDoS attack and how does it work?

End-to-end encryption email service ProtonMail learned a costly lesson about cyber ransom tactics: just because hackers demanded a ransom, it doesn’t mean the attacks are going to stop once you pay up.

A pro-Russian group called CyberBerkut claimed responsibility for a recent hack on certain German government websites in early January. More information regarding its members and how they did have also surfaced.