Blizzard suffers DDoS attacks after big WoW launch
In June 2020, some of us may remember the case that Blizzard suffered since its servers were victims of DDoS attacks, which caused different problems that affected the gaming experience…
DeepSloth new variant of DDoS attack
Researchers at the University of Maryland developed a new attack variant that would force machine learning systems to slow down called DeepSloth, leading to critical server and application failures. This…
Volumetric DDoS, A Widely Used Variant of DDoS
Volumetric or Volume Based DDoS attacks are currently one of the most popular. One of their purposes is to saturate the bandwidth of the communication link through which the service…
HTTP Flood DDoS attack method
HTTP flooding is a type of DDoS attack. In these cases, the attacker’s goal is to saturate the application or website with a large number of visits from different locations.…
SYN Flood variant of DDoS attack
A SYN flood (semi-open attack) is a type of denial of service (DDoS) attack that seeks to render a server unavailable for legitimate traffic as it consumes all available server…
ICMP Flood denial of service attack type
Ping (ICMP) flood is a type of denial of service attack to give you an idea of what it consists of, we could compare it to a phone prank: the…
Anti-DDoS systems – what does these systems offers
Anyone with bad intentions can hire a hacking service for a targeted attack. Malware tools are accessible, easy to use, and effective. Not only large companies, but also cybercriminals look…
How Amazon survived the biggest DDoS attack
DDoS attacks causes huge problems for websites and Internet platforms around the world. The traffic generated by these attacks is increasing, as there are more and more devices that are…
The day Amazon received a huge DDoS attack
The popular shopping and sales app Amazon made a more than peculiar announcement. It ensures that its AWS Shield service, which protects Amazon Web Services (AWS), managed to mitigate the…
Hackers vs Spamhaus a battle given in 2013
Spamhaus, a well known anti-spam organization, which has gained a following over the years for its contributions to Internet safety. But this has also made it one of the main…