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Possibly related DDoS attacks cause DNS hosting outages
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that could be related have in the past few days slammed the DNS servers of at least three providers of domain name management and DNS hosting services.
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Largest ever DDoS attack directed at financial firm, Prolexic reports
DDoS attackers attempted to bring down an unnamed financial services firm earlier this week using one of the largest traffic bombardments ever recorded, mitigation firm Prolexic has reported.
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Dell Foglight update shines on transactions
For the latest release of its Foglight application performance management (APM) software, Dell has provided a new view that summarizes how transactions perform across a system.
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Interop network squares off against controlled 70G bit/sec DDoS attack
The network at one of the biggest annual networking shows is being subject to a series of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) creating the equivalent of 90 million sessions attempting to use the network at the same time, all as part of a controlled test of the Interop network.
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Stealthy Web server malware spreads further
A stealthy malicious software program is taking hold in some of the most popular Web servers, and researchers still don't know why.
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Alleged Spamhaus DDoS attacker Sven Kamphuis arrested in Spain
The 35 year-old Dutchman accused of masterminding the worryingly vast DDoS attack that nearly swamped anti-spam organisation Spamhaus and its partners last month has been arrested in Barcelona, reports have said.
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ICANN announces opening of Istanbul office as part of globalisation effort
As part of ICANN's efforts to become a more global organization it detailed plans on Thursday for its new office in Istanbul.
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EU Security Agency slates ISPs over 300Gb/s Spamhaus DDoS attack
March?s huge DDoS attack on Spamhaus that left service providers struggling to contain a 300Gb/s DNS reflection surge was made possible by the industry's tardiness in implementing IETF recommendations on limiting forged traffic made more than a decade ago, EU security agency ENISA has argued.
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ICANN's new CEO pledges to keep the Internet intact and open
ICANN's new CEO Fadi Chehadé, who took over in October, is on a mission to help politicians around the world understand the importance of keeping the Internet intact and open, and is also working to bring home the addition of new generic top-level domains.
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Google fully implements security feature on DNS lookups
Google has fully implemented a security feature that ensures a person looking up a website isn't inadvertently directed to a fake one.
