Armis’ CTO discusses the top IoT security issues in the marketplace today – and whether device manufacturers will start to prioritize security.

More than half of businesses have faced IoT-related attacks, yet only a third consider IoT cyber security “very important.”

This week’s DDoS attack against GitHub is a harbinger of attacks to come that will use the highly effective memcached amplification technique, say experts.

Over the past few days researchers say DDoS attacks have been using memcached servers to amplify DDoS attacks using UDP-based packets.

A large botnet of Android devices called WireX is responsible for large-scale application-layer DDoS attacks against businesses in the hospitality, porn and gambling industries.

A hacker that goes by the name “BestBuy” admitted to a German court that he was behind an attack last year that knocked over a million Deutsche Telekom customers offline.

Neustar’s annual DDoS attack report says businesses can lose $2.5M on average detecting and mitigating DDoS attacks.

Researchers are tracking a new wave of DDoS attacks that rival Mirai when it comes to intensity and scope.

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the news of the week, including the storylines around last week’s Dyn DDoS attack, Keen Team winning big again at Pwn2Own, and a fake Windows installer.

Analysis by DNS provider Dyn hints that more than 1 terabyte per second of traffic may have been used in last week’s massive DDoS attack that impacted Internet service on the East Coast.