Flashpoint researchers blamed Oct. 21 IoT-based DDoS attack on script kiddies from hackforums, claiming a 'well-known video game company' was the target. A post on hackforums claims the target was ...

Researchers at Flashpoint said Friday’s DDoS attack against DNS provider Dyn was likely the work of script kiddies and not advanced attackers.

The massive DDoS attack that disrupted the internet address-lookup service Dyn last week was perhaps pulled off by a script kiddie targeting PlayStation Network and using Mirai malware to assemble ...

Last week's distributed denial of service attack in the US against domain name services provider Dynamic Network Services is more likely to have been the work of "script kiddies", and not state ...

A Russian script kiddie using little more than publicly available malware tools and exploits targeting weak credentials and configurations has assembled a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS ...

This comprehensive guide covers different types of denial of service attacks, DDoS protection strategies, as well as why it matters for business.