The DDoS tool being used by Anonymous at the moment is called the Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC), named after a weapon from Command & Conquer. LOIC has been effective in past campaigns, however, the tool ...

In April 2026, Europol announced the results of its latest strike against the booming DDoS-for-hire industry: four arrests, ...

Most DDoS test reports get treated like a security scan. A list of attack vectors, each one tagged as blocked or not blocked, and a verdict that reads like a grade. Pass means safe. Fail means fix it.

The Great Cannon Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) tool was deployed again to launch attacks against the LIHKG social media platform used by Hong Kong protesters to coordinate during this year's ...

Cybersecurity is built to protect computer systems and networks from theft, damage, and service disruption from attacks such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS). DDoS attacks work by taking a ...

DDoS-for-hire boom blamed for attacks on SA’s ISPs By Admire Moyo, ITWeb news editorJohannesburg, 20 May 2026The goal of a DDoS attack is to flood a website, server, or online service with massive ...

Stung by a high-profile denial-of-service attack in December, PayPal's CISO says application layer attacks remain a major threat to businesses in general, which need better defenses and actual testing ...

Recipients of new game consoles this holiday season were robbed of their holiday gaming when a group of internet miscreants known as Lizard Squad launched a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS ...

The threat landscape facing financial institutions has never been more hostile. In 2026, DDoS attacks targeting financial institutions increased 105% year-over-year — from 329 incidents in 2024 to 674 ...

In late May 2026, U.S. and European authorities pulled off the largest coordinated strike ever against the commercial market ...