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Dutchman arrested in connection with large DDoS attack on Spamhaus

A 35-year-old Dutchman was arrested Thursday in Spain, as part of an investigation into a large-scale DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack that targeted a spam-fighting organization called the Spamhaus Project in March

By Lucian Constantin | 26 April, 2013 18:07

Tags: Criminal, security, legal, CloudFlare, cybercrime
Spamhaus hit by biggest-ever DDoS attacks

Anti-spam service Spamhaus has been hit with what several security firms today described as the largest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks ever seen.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 27 March, 2013 20:05

Tags: Cybercrime and Hacking, new york times, The New York Times, Spamhaus, NATO, ATO, CloudFlare, internet
DDoS attack against Spamhaus was reportedly the largest in history

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack of unprecedented scale that targeted an international spam-fighting organisation last week ended up causing problems for Internet users around the world, experts say.

By Lucian Constantin | 27 March, 2013 20:04

Tags: arbor networks, Akamai Technologies, security, CloudFlare, internet
Site hosting leaked celebrity data goes offline

A site that published the private information and credit reports of several celebrities and other public figures last week went offline on Sunday. The last person to have his alleged private information exposed on the site was CIA director John Brennan.

By Lucian Constantin | 18 March, 2013 15:57

Tags: Equifax, online safety, security, data breach, CloudFlare, Identity fraud / theft, data protection, privacy
CloudFlare briefly drops off Internet deflecting DDOS attack

CloudFlare's Juniper routers choked on a slight programming change designed to deflect a distributed denial-of-service attack, knocking the company's services off the Internet for about an hour early Sunday morning.

By Jeremy Kirk | 04 March, 2013 04:39

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, security, CloudFlare, cloud computing, internet

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