Held for ransom: financial institutions hit hard by DDoS attacks In Margaret Atwood’s iconic dystopian bestseller, The Handmaid’s Tale, the very first sign of the horror to come occurs as the main character does the most mundane thing possible: buying a cup of coffee. In this near-future setting, everyone relies on “credit sticks” for purchases, […]
Eight Things You Can Do to Protect Yourself from a DDoS Attack
Every day of our lives now there are twice as many websites that are hacked than babies that are born. According to an article from Rival Host, if your website goes down due to an overload of website traffic, you’re probably a victim of the notorious distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. DDoS attacks have […]
Hackers Planning to Take Down the Internet
Hackers are planning one of their most advanced cyber attacks ever to take down the internet. Renowned online security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that hackers have stepped up cyber attacks against the key organizations whose job it is to keep the internet online. These sophisticated cyber attacks are part of a campaign to cause […]