CBSE detects 3.8 mln malicious packets targeting revaluation portal, attack thwartedThe CBSE re-evaluation portal experienced a major cyberattack with millions of malicious packets. Security systems successfully blocked num...
05 Jun, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
US says it disrupted botnets that infected over 3 million devices worldwideThe malicious networks - Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid and Mossad - were used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, with som...
20 Mar, 2026, 09.25 AM IST
India faces 3000% surge in API cyber attacks: reportIndia witnessed a massive 3000% surge in API cyberattacks during the July-September quarter. API-targeted DDoS attacks outpaced website att...
09 Dec, 2024, 06.34 PM IST
Destiny 2 developer Bungie faces massive crafting glitch and DDoS attacks; Here are detailsDestiny 2 introduced a crafting system that allows players to create and upgrade weapons and armor.
21 Sep, 2023, 01.32 PM IST
Pro-Russian hackers step up attacks against Swiss targets: authoritiesSwitzerland's main government websites, including parliament and the federal administration, have been hit in recent days by a distributed ...
14 Jun, 2023, 01.15 PM IST
Google blocks world's largest web DDoS cyber attack everThe attack was stopped at the edge of Google's network, with the malicious requests blocked upstream from the customer's application.
21 Aug, 2022, 01.42 PM IST
Russian defence ministry says its website hit by foreign cyberattack"...The source of the attack on the ... defence ministry's website is located outside the Russian Federation," the ministry was quoted as s...
16 Jul, 2021, 04.07 PM IST
Google stops biggest-ever DDoS cyber attack to dateWith a DDoS attack, an adversary hopes to disrupt their victim's service with a flood of useless traffic. While this attack doesn't expose ...
19 Oct, 2020, 12.59 PM IST
DDoS attacks are on the rise in India, says cyber security firm RadwareIn August 2020 the number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) incidents in India hit a record high in terms of total DDOS packets, whic...
21 Sep, 2020, 06.14 PM IST
Internet providers claim DDoS attack; to meet top copIn July, ISPs had filed an FIR with IG's office about DDoS attack and the case is being investigated by cyber cell of Mumbai Police.
16 Oct, 2016, 06.45 PM IST
Cyber attack on networks of major telcos in JulyIn the DDoS attack, cyber criminals artificially generate massive internet traffic with help of softwares and direct it towards a website o...
12 Aug, 2016, 06.57 PM IST
Experiencing slow internet? Your ISP may be under attackOne will have difficulty opening websites, will see a huge increase in spam and will experience reduced or no access to services like email...
25 Jul, 2016, 04.56 PM IST
BBC says website knocked down due to apparent attackThe BBC's entire network of websites and its iPlayer streaming service crashed after a large web attack by hackers. It later emerged they h...
31 Dec, 2015, 08.51 PM IST
India is one of the top markets for web app and DDoS attacksIndia was said to be top target for web application attacks and accounted for 1% of all the attacks made on a global level.
21 Aug, 2015, 01.53 PM IST
26 per cent of distributed denial of service attacks this year originated from India: SymantecIndia has emerged as top destination for origination of DDoS cyber attacks, accounting for 26% of such attacks on gaming, software and medi...
21 Oct, 2014, 08.14 PM IST
- Reputed government, private websites under hacker threat: Cyber agency
Analysts have issued an alert for Internet users and operators against hackers attempting to target websites of "reputed" government and pr...
27 May, 2012, 10.27 AM IST
- Tata Comm designs service to defend cyber attacks
Amid growing concerns of cyber attacks on Indian government and private computer networks, Tata Communications on Thursday said it has desi...
22 May, 2008, 02.44 PM IST