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Hosting on Valves network now comes with an improvement in ping time and protection against DDOS attacks.

BTC now trying to stablize around $9,500.

Adam Mudd, creator of the infamous Titanium Stresser DDoS tool, has been caught and faces two years of imprisonment.

According to DownDetector's outage map, the DDoS attack primarily targeted US users.

The DDoS attack began this morning, but the service was restored around 9:30 AM ET. However, around noon, another attack began.

The State of the Internet report from Akamai shows a huge increase in DDoS activity compared to last quarter, mostly targeting gaming.

Xbox Live services seem to be down once again, with certain limitations on downloading and purchasing content. The issues are being looked into.

Massive layer 7 DDoS attack effected 26,000 different WordPress websites, leveraging the pingback feature with nearly 20,000 HTTPS requests per second.

Microsoft updated their Skype apps to better protect your privacy by now hiding your IP address if someone went looking for it.

Sony is now sending out emails compensating users for the downtime experienced during the PSN outage last month.

EA's servers, including origin, are currently down, and logging in might be a tad difficult. This might be a holiday tradition.

Six people arrested for using the Lizard Squad DDoS tool.

DARPA researching methods to fend off DDoS cyberattacks.

High school student launches DDoS attack against his own school.

Hackers adjusting their DDoS attack patterns to avoid detection, cause chaos.

Another great CS:GO match has yet again been ruined by childish DDoS attacks.

GitHub faced a DDoS cyberattack that lasted more than four days, and it looks like Chinese hackers could be to blame.

Anonymous takes on the BBC, promises a DDoS attack if Clarkson isn't reinstated.

DDoS-for-hire is a growing business for cybercriminals, and continues to prove effective.

The number of major data breaches may be rising, but many companies are still rather nonchalant about cybersecurity.

There is a high demand for cybersecurity in the United States, but some are worried politics could get in the way.

There were at least 1,500 global data breaches in 2014, according to report.

The Japanese government, companies and users endured 25 billion cyberattacks in 2014 alone.

The Internet of Things (IoT) sector is growing, but so will cyberattacks aimed for the surprisingly soft target.

Report indicates a single DDoS attack could cost an enterprise more than $400,000.

Hacktivists and gamers largely increasing number of cyberattacks against targets, new reports indicate.

The Lizard Squad says it wasn't hacked, and someone intentionally released customer passwords for its DDoS service.

The Lizard Squad wants customers to pay to use its DDoS attack service - but it was recently hacked.

UK police arrest a man involved in the DDoS attacks on PlayStation and Xbox Live.

The cybercriminal black market is open for interested buyers to meet criminals hoping to pitch their products.

The Anonymous hacker group plans to target Islamic extremist groups connected with the terror attacks in France, group publicly states.

Sony will try to make it up to gamers following a rough Christmas, after the Lizard Squad dropped the PlayStation Network.

The FBI is currently investigating the Lizard Squad for bringing down Microsoft's Xbox Live and Sony's PlayStation Network over Christmas.

Can you log onto Xbox Live? It looks like the service is having problems again.

Kim Dotcom comes to the rescue of PSN and XBOX Live, offering their DDoS'ers a hefty bribe to wean off the attack.

Even though Kim Dotcom stepped up to work with the Lizard Squad to end the Xbox Live, PlayStation Network siege, struggles continue into second day.

Pres. Obama considers what to do with North Korea, but it appears someone has beaten him to the punch.

Amazon denies its AWS service is being used by Sony to launch cyberattacks.

Sony is reportedly using the Amazon Web Services to launch DDoS attacks against websites suspected of hosting stolen movies.

Blizzard are experiencing issues once again with their servers.

Xbox 360 and Xbox One gamers had trouble connecting to Xbox Live, which was reportedly brought down by a cyberattack.

Blizzard are experiencing major server issues accross the board.

Verisign report indicates DDoS attacks are growing in size and sophistication.

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor North American gamers were met by a DDoS attack.

Cyberattack simulation event in the EU hopes to give companies a better ability to attack real-world cyberthreats.

New report indicates a spike in DDoS attacks, and it's even more worrisome because of the faster broadband connections many homes and businesses rely on.

Akamai notes DDoS attacks dropped during Q1 2014, but companies understand it's still important to try to defend against the cyberattacks.

Cybercriminals launching DDoS attacks against companies are increasingly successful, and the number of attacks continues to rise.

The United States endures a large amount of cyberattacks, with a new real-time map showing the attacks, courtesy of Norse.