Government-targeted DDoS attacks surge over 1,800% in 2021

Nowadays, governments worldwide face the challenge of protecting their cyberspace in addition to their physical borders.   Online presence creates an additional attack surface that can be used in coordinated attacks, such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.   According to data presented by the Atlas VPN team based on Radware's 2021-2022 report, the volume of…

Google’s Jigsaw offers free anti-meddling tools ahead of EU elections

Google is giving political organisations in Europe free access to tools that tackle online attacks and disruption ahead of upcoming EU elections in May. The company’s cybersecurity incubator Jigsaw is making its Project Shield system available to campaigns and candidates, amid fears of election meddling. From today, the defence technology is being rolled out to…

Was the BBC hit by a DDoS attack?

It appears that the disruptions caused to the BBC's iPlayer and website last weekend were possibly due to a DDoS attack. The iPlayer service was out of action over most of the weekend because of problems with the database behind the catch-up service. The faults also meant that only a simplified version of the BBC's…