DDoS Threats & Security Attacks: DDoS Reports & Cyber Security Threats

Over the past few days a number of web and cloud hosting companies based in the United Kingdom have experienced long term outages. Two of these outages were caused by a power failure in a shared data center. The other three outages were caused by a denial of service attack.

February 11, 2016 02:00 PM Threat Alert

OpKillingBay is a yearly hacktivism operation by Anonymous, activists and other organizations in response to the hunting of whales and dolphins in Japan and Denmark.

February 10, 2016 02:00 PM Threat Alert

Anonymous has announced OpIcarus, a campaign targeting leading financial services companies for their supposed support of global terrorism. Get the latest information on this new campaign.

February 7, 2016 02:00 PM Threat Alert

With the Super Bowl around the corner, it’s time for attendees and stadium operators to take cyber-attack precautions for one of the largest sporting events of the year.

January 26, 2016 02:00 PM Threat Alert

Read the latest information and updates on OpKilingBay, an annual campaign created by Anonymous, activists and other organizations in response to whale and dolphin hunting in Japan and Denmark.

November 30, 2015 02:00 PM Threat Alert

Stay up to date on OpParis, an Anonymous revenge campaign against ISIS for the Paris attacks on November 13, 2015. Get the latest information and status on this campaign.

November 30, 2015 02:00 PM Threat Alert

Recently it has been reported in the news that hacktivist group Anonymous intends to attack the 2014 FIFA World Cup including its partners and sponsors. The threat gained public attention after an interview with an Anonymous group spokesman, referring to himself as Che Commondore, provided select details about the planned operation.

June 5, 2014 06:00 PM Threat Alert

AnonGhost – A hacking group affiliated with Anonymous announced a new cyber-attack campaign against US websites named #OPUSA, scheduled for May 7th, 2013. The planned attack follows a similar attack campaign organized by AnonGhost that took place exactly one month earlier – on Apr 7th, 2013 and was launched against Israeli web sites (aka OPISRAEL).

April 29, 2013 02:00 PM Threat Alert