A Linux botnet has grown so powerful that it can generate crippling distributed denial-of-service attacks at over 150 Gbps, many times greater than a typical company’s infrastructure can withstand.

I get really, really tired of stories that make it sound like Linux has become more insecure. No, it hasn't. Here are some simple security truths. First, no operating system or program is secure. Some ...

Linux systems have been infected with the XOR DDoS Trojan and corralled into a botnet capable of delivering more than 150Gbps of data to DDoS targets, according to Akamai's Security Intelligence ...

Attackers are compromising Linux and Windows systems to install a new malware program designed for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, according to researchers from the Polish ...

LizardStresser, the DDoS malware for Linux systems written by the infamous Lizard Squad attacker group, was used over the past year to create over 100 botnets, some built almost exclusively from ...

Maintainers behind the Linux kernel have rolled out patches in the past weeks for two bugs that are just ideal for causing havoc via DDoS attacks. Both bugs affect the Linux kernel's TCP stack and are ...