DDoS attacks dominate the news nowadays. Large companies are frequently harassed by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, with great damage. Prolexic, a company that offers security services ...

How hard is it to launch a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack? Arguably, the hacktivist collective Anonymous has made launching DDoS attacks look easy, due to its high-profile DDoS campaigns ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

In a presentation at SOURCE Boston, Dr. Jose Nazario of Arbor Networks stated that DDoS applications are moving from the domain of trained attackers to tools for the average person to voice a ...

While Anonymous defends denial-of-service attacks as free speech, global activists are paying the price While Anonymous defends denial-of-service attacks as free speech, global activists are paying ...

Network professionals know that distributed denial-of-service attacks are an ever-growing danger. The recent assault on Twitter is just the latest evidence. Using a mushrooming array of advanced tools ...

South African businesses can sign up for a DDoS mitigation service to reduce the impact of malicious disruptions to their online activities. A DDoS — or distributed denial of service attack — is a ...

Two free tools have been unleashed that exploit the recently demonstrated slow HTTP POST attack that takes advantage of a generic flaw in HTTP -- the so-called "R U Dead Yet?" tool and the OWASP HTTP ...

Security firm Prolexic has turned the tables on DDoS attackers, publishing a report revealing a swathe of basic vulnerabilities in the popular Dirt Jumper family of tools. Security firm Prolexic has ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Network professionals know that ...