Security Terminology Demystified: DDoS

Security Terminology Demystified: DDoS

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are the nuclear bomb of security threats that can bring down empires. Just when you think that malware, ransomware, trojans and other nasty slices of the internet can’t get any worse, in comes the DDoS attack. This is...

Fighting DDoS attacks

Distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks can be hugely damaging to businesses that rely on their online presence for sales and new business – and DDoS attacks are undoubtedly on the rise. According to DDoS mitigation provider, Prolexic, the second quarter...

DoS attacks make a comeback

Despite lurking in the shadows for nearly a decade, denial of service (DoS) and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are resurgent. Several high-profile assaults on the world’s leading financial firms and other industries have recently been experienced....