Cybercops cuff two in hunt for DDoS extortion masterminds Zombie master suspects tracked to Bosnia Security12 Jan 2016 | 2
Missed our Christmas crackers? Top stories from the break were... Not so quiet nights Channel04 Jan 2016 | 2
Cache-astrophic: Why Valve's Steam store spewed players' private profiles to strangers Lid blown on web riddle Personal Tech30 Dec 2015 | 42
Linode's crippling cyber-siege enters day four And punters aren't happy about the downtime SaaS29 Dec 2015 | 23
'Phantom' menace threatens to down Xbox Live, PSN at Xmas Hackers reveal plans to make children cry Security17 Dec 2015 | 28
Web host Moonfruit defies Armada DDoS crew … by (temporarily) defeating itself Move follows 45-minute attack last Thursday Security15 Dec 2015 | 1
Janet pulls open network info for good after DDoSers exploit it Exclusive 'Unfortunate' move considered 'necessary to protect' online academic brains trust Channel15 Dec 2015 | 23
Internet's root servers take hit in DDoS attack Who's testing the limits of the DNS system? Networks08 Dec 2015 | 27
Day 2: UK research network Janet still being slapped by DDoS attack DNS services appear to be targeted, switching may work Channel08 Dec 2015 | 44
UK research network Janet under ongoing and persistent DDoS attack Attackers seem to be adjusting methods in response to Tweets Security07 Dec 2015 | 56
Hungryhouse resets thousands of customers' passwords Good security hygiene after third-party data breach Security27 Nov 2015 | 41
Eclipse staggers to feet, gets smacked by second DDoS Internet service provider tells us: 'Internet based services' hit Channel25 Nov 2015 | 10
Eric S Raymond releases hardened, slimmer NTP beta Early version for the 'adventurous', but not quite 'crazy'. Security18 Nov 2015 | 19
Merseyside DDoS daddy given eight months behind bars When bragging of your illegal exploits, leave off your real name Security13 Nov 2015 | 26
FastMail falls over as web service extortionists widen attacks and up their prices Concerted assaults on five providers and counting Security11 Nov 2015 | 15
ProtonMail 'mitigates' DDoS attacks, says security not breached Launch of ProtonMail 3.0 now knocked back Security10 Nov 2015 | 14
ProtonMail DDoS wipeout: Day 6. Yes, we're still under attack Maybe if you hadn’t paid the ransom to the wrong attackers it would be over Security09 Nov 2015 | 30
ProtonMail pays ransom to end web tsunami – still gets washed offline Paying Bitcoin ransom encourages more attacks, it seems Security06 Nov 2015 | 37
Swedbank smacked by DDoS attack Website unable to process online transactions Security06 Nov 2015 | 4
ProtonMail still under attack by DDoS bombardment Using blog site and Twitter to issue updates Security05 Nov 2015 | 29
Shopping mall CCTV gear commandeered to blast websites offline Robot zombies found lurking around stores Security22 Oct 2015 | 18
Anons blow Japanese airports off-course in dolphin cull protest Flipper heck! Security22 Oct 2015 | 16
Cyber-miscreants use Brit e-tailers as personal cash machines Bunch of online resellers hit by serious issues this week Channel21 Oct 2015 | 10
Hand-cranked ‘DDoS’ floors Thai government website amid protests Great Firewall of Thailand? ไม่ได้อย่างแน่นอน, say locals Security02 Oct 2015 | 14
Linux-powered botnet lets rip on victims with 180Gbps network floods Enormous network of hijacked zombie servers threatens to batter everything in its path Security29 Sep 2015 | 71
Mobile advertising DDoS JavaScript drip serves site with 4.5bn hits Once-theoretical attack vector appears fully-formed on CloudFlare's doorstep Security28 Sep 2015 | 6
Bored Brazilian skiddie claims DDoS against Essex Police 'I will do 19 years' attacker says in garbled English – perhaps accidentally right Security04 Sep 2015 | 16
Web hosting biz Servint hit by network-toppling DDoS attack Outage domino effect as network's customers' customers also hit Security03 Sep 2015 | 2
Greater Manchester plod site targeted by nuisance DDoS attack 'There will be more attacks today,' attacker proudly tells El Reg Security03 Sep 2015 | 21
NCA targeted by Lizard Squad in apparent DDoS revenge attack There’s no skill in this, agency sneers Security01 Sep 2015 | 13
Spooks, plod and security industry join to chase bank hacker Perp known as 'DD4BC' has some serious heat on his or her tail, with worse to come Security28 Aug 2015 | 9
BitTorrent kills bug that turns networks into a website-slaying weapon Reflective technique would let attacker amplify traffic and flood targets Security28 Aug 2015 | 1
GitHub wobbles under DDOS attack What's that big spike on site performance graph? Security26 Aug 2015 | 6
Hackers exploiting wide-open Portmap to amp up DDoS attacks Careless net adminds leave systems with cleartext trousers down Security19 Aug 2015 | 4
Mumsnet founder 'swatted by misogynist griefers' Update @DadSecurity creep responsible for DDoS... and swatting? Security19 Aug 2015 | 75
Hackers hid Carphone Warehouse breach with DDoS smokescreen – report Crims aim to cause just enough chaos to get in and out Security11 Aug 2015 | 4
Unhinged Linux backdoor still poses a nuisance, if not a threat When is a door not a door? When slapdash coding turns it into a glorified 'off' switch OSes27 Jul 2015 | 13
Telegram messaging app cops 200Gbps DDoS 'Someone from East Asia is pissed' say admins, but our cyborgs are fighting back Security14 Jul 2015 | 4
Brit teen who unleashed 'biggest ever distributed denial-of-service blast' walks free from court Spamhaus was smashed by 300Gbps DNS reflection gun Security10 Jul 2015 | 51
DDoSers call 1988 and want its routing protocol hacked 500 routers whip up colossal DDOS over ye olde RIP protocol Security06 Jul 2015 | 6
Polish plane IT attack? Apparently not, just a simple DDoS Turns out, it wasn't that big of a deal after all Security23 Jun 2015 | 2
Canadian government websites hosed, Anonymous takes credit DDoS hacktivism over Bill C-51, apparently Networks17 Jun 2015 | 3
Unable to log on to online games? Blame cheap-rate DDoSers Laying waste to human, elf, dwarf and orc alike, all for the love of gold Systems10 Jun 2015 | 7
Do you use Hola VPN? You could be part of a DDoS, content theft – or worse Former Lulzsec-ers, security pros poke the many holes SaaS10 Jun 2015 | 6
Freeparking hit by DDoS, vexed customers scream into abyss Outage-prone company does impression of whore's drawers Security09 Jun 2015 | 10
Bitcoin blackmail gang start hurling DDoSes at Scandinavia Cough up or we'll blitz you again, scum tell hapless marks SaaS09 Jun 2015 | 9
DDoS attack downs University of London learning platform A harsh lesson, now stand in the corridor for four hours Security22 May 2015 | 12
Home routers co-opted into self-sustaining DDoS botnet Resulting mess will be hellishly difficult to clear up, say researchers Security13 May 2015 | 36
$7500 DDoS extortion hitting Aussie, Kiwi enterprises Pay up or we'll send up to 400Gbps your way Security08 May 2015 | 4
China weaponizes its Great Firewall into the GREAT FIRE CANNON, menaces entire globe You've got censorship – you've all got censorship now Networks10 Apr 2015 | 49
Day FOUR of the GitHub web assault: Activists point fingers at 'China's global censorship' Code repository warns of 'evolving' attacks SaaS31 Mar 2015 | 27
GitHub jammed by injected JavaScript, servers whacked by DDoS Users unwittingly add to chronic traffic congestion SaaS27 Mar 2015 | 38
Massive DDoS racks up $30,000-a-day Amazon bill for China activists Site flooded with 2.6 billion requests an hour Security20 Mar 2015 | 21
OpenSSL 'high' severity flaw just a puny DoS risk Is that all you’ve got, ClientHello? I put on my brown trousers for this? Security19 Mar 2015 | 6
Obsolete – and IP-baring – Anon tool linked to feminist blog DDoS LOIC emerges from the dark and dusty past Systems09 Mar 2015 | 5
Pentagon 'network intruder', dozens more cuffed in British cops' cyber 'strike week' 'Just the first step', chuckles fraudbust bigwig Networks06 Mar 2015 | 31
Calling all cybercrooks: Ready-made phone attack rig for sale Kit used as part of online banking fraud Security23 Feb 2015 | 5
Daybreak Game Company GOES TITSUP after painful Sony DIVORCE Updated 'All of SOE is down', teases Lizard Squad Personal Tech14 Feb 2015 | 11
Dutch government websites KO'd by 10-hour DDoS Sustained assault took down gov mouthpiece Security12 Feb 2015 | 16
Anonymous loose cannon admits DDoSing social services and housing websites 51-yr-old Liverpudlian cuffed after bragging on social media Security10 Feb 2015 | 31
ACHTUNG! Scary Linux system backdoor turns boxes into DDoS droids Xnote.1 - the Swiss Army knife of malware OSes10 Feb 2015 | 44
Great Firewall of China blasts DDoS attacks at random IP addresses Upgrade to system causing bizarre traffic spikes Networks26 Jan 2015 | 24