Bookmaker William Hill website hit with DDoS attack
UK-based bookmaker William Hill has been hit with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, preventing many of its customers from being able to access its main website. The company had, earlier this week, (November 1st) revealed on social media that its website...
Yesterday’s Dyn DDoS attack may be the way of the future
On Friday (21 October), cyber-criminals mounted a global DDoS attacks on internet services firm Dyn. While it was not immediately clear who was responsible. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were both said to be...
DDoS Attack on Krebs has implications you should be aware of
The recent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack on KrebsOnSecurity.com has security implications which are wider reaching that you need to consider. The internet of things or IoT, has the potential to be a massive DDoS weapon and wielding that weapon might eventually hit small businesses with the only obvious options being pay lots of money for protection, or ask Google (alphabet) for help. There are other options!
