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 ...

Mitigation of multi-vector distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks has increased 322 percent in 2016, but Internet-of-things (IoT) botnets, DNS-based attacks and conventional DDoS attacks ...

Separate spinoffs of the infamous Mirai botnet are responsible for a fresh wave of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks globally. One is exploiting specific vulnerabilities in Internet of ...

On March 10, X experienced multiple outages, with tens of thousands of users reporting the social site was down for them. Later that day, after multiple failures, X came back online. What caused this?

Mardi is a thought leader in Digital Journal’s Insight Forum (become a member). This article was co-authored by Lily Yao Cybersecurity is not just an IT issue anymore. It is a key part of running a ...

Internet services giant Cloudflare says it mitigated a record number of DDoS attacks in 2024, recording a massive 358% year-over-year jump and a 198% quarter-over-quarter increase. These figures come ...