You know it’s a rough day when Facebook has to use Twitter to let users know that Facebook and Instagram aren’t working properly. That was the case on Wednesday as… Read More
Two of the largest distributed denial-of-service attacks ever recorded on the internet have been launched over the last seven days, taking advantage of sloppy configuration settings to force prominent websites… Read More
Web companies are starting to get pretty good at deflecting denial of service attacks, and Github and Akamai largely fended off the biggest attack ever recorded by security engineers this… Read More
DNS host Dyn is continuing to deal with issues caused by a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks Friday that knocked out service to major websites, including Amazon, Twitter,… Read More
UPDATE: Twitter is back and all is right with the world. TWITTER IS BACK. #bless — Monica Nickelsburg (@mnickelsburg) October 21, 2016 In the wise words of Joni Mitchell, “you… Read More
Several major websites, including Amazon, Twitter, Spotify, Reddit, and more, were knocked out early Friday after apparent distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Gizmodo reported that Dyn, a DNS host,… Read More