After DDoS and Patriot Act order, WikiLeaks opens floodgates

WikiLeaks made public thousands of US diplomatic cables on Wednesday hours after its Californian DNS host was ordered to hand to authorities everything it had on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.

By Liam Tung | 25 August, 2011 09:22

Tags: WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, wikileaks, security, Partiot ACT, News, malware, Dynadot, distributed denial of service (DDoS), ddos, cybercrime

DDoS attacks bolster cloud website optimiser

Enterprise product in the making and ‘loved’ by disbanded hacker group LulzSec.

The constant and very real threat of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks aimed at headline grabbing “hacker” groups, such as Lulz Security and Anonymous, have helped one tech start-up pick up new business.

By Liam Tung | 28 June, 2011 12:22

Tags: security, LulzSec, distributed denial of service (DDoS), DDoS attacks, ddos, cloudfare

Wordpress whacked for second day by DDoS attack

For the second day in a row, blog-hosting giant WordPress.com suffered a distributed denial-of-service attack that it was able to cut off quickly. The motive remains a matter of speculation.

By Tim Greene | 05 March, 2011 09:28

Tags: security, legal, kaspersky lab, ddos, cybercrime

Website attackers could be easily traced, researchers say

People using a tool to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against other websites in support of WikiLeaks can easily be traced, according to computer security researchers.

By Jeremy Kirk | 14 December, 2010 04:10

Tags: wikileaks, security, legal, hacking, ddos, cybercrime, Criminal

WikiLeaks: DDOS attacks reflect 'public opinion'

WikiLeaks neither supports nor condemns the cyber attacks that have targeted its critics, it said Friday, just as it appears the attackers are mounting a fresh operation against Moneybookers.com.

By Jeremy Kirk | 13 December, 2010 06:40

Tags: wikileaks, security, Internet-based applications and services, internet, ddos