A new malicious Java application aimed at fomenting widespread distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks is making the rounds: a multi-platform bot capable of running on Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have analyzed a malicious Java application that turned out to be a cross-platform bot used for DDoS attacks.

Multi-platform threat exploits old Java flaw, gains persistence. Read the whole story ...

Salted Hash: The WikiLeaks weird fest continues, with Mastercard getting hammered some more this past weekend and a Java script-based DDoS being planned and launched through i-frame based images.

A new cross-platform malware botnet named 'MCCrash' is infecting Windows, Linux, and IoT devices to conduct distributed denial of service attacks on Minecraft servers.

Since around July 4 someone has been hitting US government Web sites and others with a DDoS attack. On Monday they took down FTC.gov, but the Secret Service, FAA, and Treasury department have also ...

The Google Cloud team revealed today a previously undisclosed DDoS attack that targeted Google service back in September 2017 and which clocked at 2.54 Tbps, making it the largest DDoS attack ...

DDoS attacks also hit the I2P network Tor is not the only anonymous communications network currently targeted by DDoS attacks.

Java-based malware driving DDoS botnet infects Windows, Mac, Linux devices Multi-platform threat exploits old Java flaw, gains persistence.