On the Recent WoW DDoS Attacks

Back in March, I covered the news that World of Warcraft’s game servers have recently been under considerably more stress than usual thanks to a series of severe Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. In response to public outcry caused by this widespread server sabotage,…

WoW Patch 11.1.5 Arriving Soon

The next major content update for World of Warcraft: The War Within, known as Patch 11.1.5, will be upon us soon. I’ve prepared a brief rundown of what players can expect once this update reaches live servers. As usual, I’ll include links…

Blizzard Addresses WoW DDoS Attacks

Blizzard Entertainment has once again found itself in a sticky situation. For the past few weeks, Blizzard’s game servers have been bombarded by frequent, severe Distributed-Denial-of-Service (“DDoS”) attacks. These attacks overload the game servers with huge amounts of illegitimate traffic, which means…