Akamai now says it was targeted by DDoS attack akamai now says it was targeted by ddos attack....

Feds bust DDoS 'Mafia'. feds bust ddos mafia. A Massachusetts businessman allegedly paid members of the computer underground to launch organized, crippling distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against three of his competitors, in what federal officials are calling the first criminal case to arise from a DDoS-for-hire scheme. A Massachusetts businessman allegedly paid members of the computer underground to launch organized, crippling distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against three of his competitors, in what federal officials are calling the first criminal case to arise from a DDoS-for-hire scheme....

Symantec website under DDoS attack. symantec website under ddos attack....

Payment gateway StormPay hit by DDoS attack. stormpay hit by ddos attack. Payment gateway StormPay is recovering from a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) that has kept its web site offline for much of the past two days.. Payment gateway StormPay is recovering from a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) that has kept its web site offline for much of the past two days. The DDoS on StormPay is the latest in a series of attacks on services that allow web merchants to accept credit cards....

DDoS attacks target prominent blogs. ddos on blogs. Several prominent weblogs have been hit with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in recent weeks, as the target list for digital attackers continues to broaden.. Several prominent weblogs have been hit with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in recent weeks, as the target list for digital attackers continues to broaden. While some of the attacks appear to be politically motivated, on Monday a DDoS struck one of the blogosphere’s most financially successful bloggers....

Two Europeans Charged in U.S. for DDoS Attacks. security threat denial service. In the first successful U.S. investigation into distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), two European individuals have been indicted for allegedly cyber attacking two Web sites.. In the first successful U.S. investigation into distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), two European individuals have been indicted for allegedly cyber attacking two Web sites. Gembe and Walker were allegedly hired by Jay R. Echouafni, owner of Orbit Communication, a Massachusetts-based company that sells home satellite systems, to carry out DDoS attacks. During a DDoS attack, computers infected with the botnet code are directed to send out large amounts of data traffic to the targeted sites – this eventually causes the site become unavailable due to overloading....

Dungeons and Dragons Online stress testing begins. ddo stresstest. Dungeons and Dragons Online (DDO) will be undergoing stress testing this next week. Dungeons and Dragons Online (DDO) will be undergoing stress testing this next week. DDO’s official release date and pricing has not been announced....

A new category of network appliance designed for stress testing of video-on-demand (VoD) and multimedia servers, according to its manufacturer, can emulate real-world Internet traffic patterns, including spam, virus delivery, and DDoS attacks.. Chicago (IL) - A new category of network appliance designed for stress testing of video-on-demand (VoD) and multimedia servers, according to its manufacturer, can emulate real-world Internet traffic patterns, including spam, virus delivery, and DDoS attacks. Furthermore, states Shenick, diversifEye can emulate reflective DDoS attacks....

The latest variant of the Zafi worm was discovered on Wednesday and unlike the previous two variants, Zafi.C has been coded to launch a DDoS attack against Google.com, Microsoft.com and miniszterelnok.hu, which is the website of the Hungarian prime minister. The latest variant of the Zafi worm was discovered on Wednesday and unlike the previous two variants, Zafi.C has been coded to launch a DDoS attack against Google.com, Microsoft.com and miniszterelnok.hu, which is the website of the Hungarian prime minister....

About six weeks later, someone released a worm called Slapper that exploited the vulnerability and not only installed a back door on each infected server but also turned machines using OpenSSL into a waiting army of zombies by dropping in a DDoS (distributed-denial-of-service) tool kit as well....