Tag: DDOS

DDoS attacks on educational resources up 350% according to Kaspersky

As the majority of educational institutions embrace remote learning, Kaspersky says cybercriminals are using it as a means to increase DDoS attacks.

DDoS attacks on the rise because we aren’t taking holidays says Kaspersky

Because lockdowns have us all at home relying on the internet ever more, cybercriminals have spotted an opportunity to sow mayhem.

Vodacom Business now offers DDoS protection from Cloudflare

Cloud protection and traffic acceleration come to Vodacom Business thanks to its newly minted partnership with Cloudflare.

ISPA promises better protection against DDoS attacks in 2020

South Africa’s can expect fewer disruptions to their internet service as exchanges being protecting against DDoS attacks.

Cool Ideas suffered more DDoS attacks, but is now better prepared

Following attacks in September, Cool Ideas is targeted once again, but this time the local ISP was better prepared.

53 percent of DDoS attacks in Q3 happened in one month

Despite the duration of attacks dropping, the number of attacks increased by 30 percentage points between Q2 2019 and Q3 2019.

DDos Attacks on South African ISPs have subsided

The DDoS attacks have been plaguing SA since Sunday, and look to be over for now.

Another round of DDoS attacks are affecting Afrihost, Axxess & Webafrica

After DDoS attacks on Sunday, a new wave hit this Monday morning.

How to get around the DDoS attacks affecting South Africa’s internet

A VPN will allow Afrihost, Axxess and Webafrica customers to get around the current DDoS attacks.

[Press release] Arbor releases new version of DDoS defence as automation becomes critical

JOHANNESBURG – September 19, 2017 – As Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continue to rise dramatically in size, frequency and complexity, it has become clear that automation is now increasingly critical in protecting the network against these attacks. This is according to Arbor Network’s territory manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, Bryan Hamman, who says, “Arbor […]

UK teen accused of selling DDoS software to criminals

An 18-year-old has been accused of selling DDoS software, and providing tech support as well.

SA developer warns of spike in DDoS attacks on local WordPress sites

A word of warning to check your logs.

Internet of things botnet attack knocks out Twitter, Netflix and more

A massive DDoS attack which took several major websites offline is believed to have been executed by a botnet compromised by Mirai.

How secure is South Africa’s “internet of things”?

Local video cameras have been co-opted into the world’s most devastating botnet. How safe is your connected tech?

Two teenage members of Lizard Squad and PoodleCorp charged for alleged cyber crimes

The pair has been charged with conspiracy to cause damage to protected computers, and operating cyber attack for hire websites.

Battlefield DDoS called off by hackers after KEEMSTAR interview

Turns out, all hacker group PoodleCorp wanted was some facetime with a big YouTube star.

Pokémon GO servers DDoS’d, hackers claim there is more to come

Had trouble logging in to Pokémon GO to catch ’em all? That might be thanks to PoodleCorp and OurMine.

Normal service is resumed

Apologies to our readers for gremlins in the works yesterday.