Attackers are compromising Linux and Windows systems to install a new malware program designed for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, according to researchers from the Polish ...

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Microsoft researchers have discovered a hybrid Windows-Linux botnet that uses a highly efficient technique to take down Minecraft servers and performs distributed denial-of-service attacks on other ...

Cybercrime gangs are abusing Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) systems to bounce and amplify junk traffic as part of DDoS attacks, security firm Netscout said in an alert on Tuesday. Not all RDP ...

Researchers at Flashpoint pointed a finger of blame at “script kiddies” for the huge IoT-based DDoS attack that made parts of the internet inaccessible last Friday. In fact, the primary target may ...