Brian Krebs is reporting that the UK’s National Crime Agency is setting up fake DDoS-for-hire sites as part of a sting operation: The NCA says all of its fake so-called “booter” or “stresser” sites - which have so far been accessed by several thousand people—have been created to look like they offer the tools and … Read More “UK Runs Fake DDoS-for-Hire Sites” »
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cryptocurrency, cyberattack, denial of service, Security technology, Uncategorized
Cloudflare is reporting a large DDoS attack against an unnamed company “operating a crypto launchpad.” While this isn’t the largest application-layer attack we’ve seen, it is the largest we’ve seen over HTTPS. HTTPS DDoS attacks are more expensive in terms of required computational resources because of the higher cost of establishing a secure TLS encrypted … Read More “15.3 Million Request-Per-Second DDoS Attack” »