Security company Corero has identified a new technique for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attackers to use, based on the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). This new vector has some ...

According to new data released by Netscout, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are on the rise. There were 17 million such attacks in 2024 – up from 13 million the year before. It’s an ...

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack attempts to take down a website, computer or online service by flooding it with requests, depleting its capacity and affecting its ability to respond to ...

A new report from content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. today details a disturbing rise in distributed denial-of-service attacks in the first quarter, including a surge of attacks against ...

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks come in many shapes and sizes, as do the myths surrounding them. These myths can center on motivations, DDoS attack vectors and techniques, mitigation ...

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to grow, with the number of incidents doubling year-on-year (YoY), says new research. According to StormWall’s DDoS Attacks Report, DDoS attacks ...

The financial industry has been particularly affected by large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks for years, but the recent escalating sophistication of these attacks marks a shift, ...

From the middle of June to nearing the end of July, security company Incapsula helped a targeted video game company withstand a nonstop distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack utilizing numerous ...