Python Malware Poses DDoS Threat Via Docker API Misconfiguration

Cado Security Labs said the bot agent exhibited various methods for conducting DDoS attacks

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ChatGPT: OpenAI Attributes Regular Outages to DDoS Attacks

ChatGPT and the associated APIs have been affected by regular outages, citing DDoS attacks as the reason — the Anonymous Sudan group claimed responsibility.

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Cloudflare website downed by DDoS attack claimed by Anonymous Sudan

Cloudflare is investigating an ongoing outage causing 'We're sorry" Google errors to be shown on the company's website. [...]

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ChatGPT down for you yesterday? OpenAI says DDoS attack was to blame

OpenAI reported that recent outages are due to abnormal traffic patterns. Here's what we know so far.

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OpenAI Reveals ChatGPT Is Being DDoS-ed

Periodic outages began on November 8

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ChatGPT is down again - and it might have been taken offline by a DDoS attack

ChatGPT experiences three outages in two days – Anonymous Sudan says it’s responsible, and here’s why.

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OpenAI confirms DDoS attacks behind ongoing ChatGPT outages

During the last 24 hours, OpenAI has been addressing what it describes as "periodic outages" linked to DDoS attacks affecting its API and ChatGPT services. [...]

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Russian state-owned Sberbank hit by 1 million RPS DDoS attack

Russian financial organization Sberbank states in a press release that two weeks ago it faced the most powerful distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in recent history. [...]

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DDoS attack revealed as cause of online service outage at public healthcare institutions

The attack brought down internet connectivity for several organization in Singapore.

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DDoS attacks are getting bigger and more powerful, and that's a really bad thing

Since HTTP/2 Rapid Reset was found, DDoS attacks have been getting bigger and more powerful.

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Cloudflare sees surge in hyper-volumetric HTTP DDoS attacks

The number of hyper-volumetric HTTP DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks recorded in the third quarter of 2023 surpasses every precedent, indicating that the field has entered a new chapter. [...]

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This Week in Security: Curl Reveal, Rapid Reset DDoS, and Libcue

Curl gave us all a big warning that a severe security problem had been found in that code-base. Given the staggering number of Curl installs around the world, we held …read more

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Mirai DDoS could be back, as it adds 13 more router brands to its arsenal

A Mirai variant was seen targeting multiple router brands with malware, as its botnet expands, once again.

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Google says it blocked the largest DDoS attack ever detected

It's more than seven times larger than the previous DDoS record-holder, peaking at almost 400 million rps.

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Tech Giants Reveal Record-Breaking “Rapid Reset” DDoS Bug

Zero-day has been exploited to launch largest attacks ever seen

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Google Cloud, AWS, and Cloudflare report largest DDoS attacks ever

The attack on Google Cloud was 7½ times larger than any previously recorded DDoS attack. Here's what else you need to know.

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Mirai DDoS malware variant expands targets with 13 router exploits

A Mirai-based DDoS (distributed denial of service) malware botnet tracked as IZ1H9 has added thirteen new payloads to target Linux-based routers and routers from D-Link, Zyxel, TP-Link, TOTOLINK, and others. [...]

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Internet-Wide Zero-Day Bug Fuels Largest-Ever DDoS Event

Ongoing Rapid Reset DDoS flood attacks exposed organizations need to patch CVE-2023-44487 immediately to head off crippling outages and business disruption.

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New 'HTTP/2 Rapid Reset' zero-day attack breaks DDoS records

A new DDoS (distributed denial of service) technique named 'HTTP/2 Rapid Reset' has been actively exploited as a zero-day since August, breaking all previous records in magnitude. [...]

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KillNet Claims DDoS Attack Against Royal Family Website

The royal takedown was a brief but effective PR stunt for Russia's most notorious hacktivist group.

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