The next generation of denial-of-service attacks is out there, according to network security experts. And the zombies they can unleash are particularly insidious. By Michelle Delio.

Distributed Attack. A distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack can employ hundreds or even thousands of computers that have been previously infected. The computers act as a network of "zombies ...

The attack is "distributed" because the attacker is using multiple computers, including yours, to launch the denial-of-service attack. Like Zombies, once you're infected, you're part of the army.

During the week of February 7-11, 2000, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks emerged as a major new way to wage cyber-war on the Internet. That week, such attacks struck many sites ...

Researchers have uncovered a botnet that uses compromised Web servers instead of the usual personal computers to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Security firm Imperva said on Wednesday it ...

Antispam community sites that help combat phishing scams and spam are being targeted with denial of service attacks by malware botnets presumably operated by spammers. The trend was reported last ...

A sad and scary new record was set this past week, with the latest and biggest distributed denial-of-service attack.The network security provider Cloudflare Inc. posted on its blog today that it ...

You might be familiar with the term – Denial of Service but in reality, it can be difficult to distinguish between a real attack and normal network activity. Denial of Service (or DoS) attack ...

An apparently coordinated denial-of-service attack organized by pro-Russia hackers rendered the websites of some major U.S. airports unreachable early Monday, though officials said flights were not… ...

An apparently coordinated denial-of-service attack organized by pro-Russia hackers rendered the websites of some major U.S. airports, including Denver International Airport, unreachable early Monda… ...