DDoS Attack Leads to Microsoft Azure Global Outage

On July 30, 2024, Microsoft experienced a significant global outage affecting its Azure cloud services and Microsoft 365 products. The incident, which lasted nearly 10 hours, ...
31 July 2024

DDoS Attack on Microsoft Azure Cloud leads to another global IT Outage

Microsoft has issued a statement apologizing for a recent IT outage, which they attribute to a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) cyber attack on the infrastructure managed ...
31 July 2024

Microsoft need to be transparent about customer impacting DDoS attacks

Back in early June 2023, I tracked a botnet DDoS’ing Microsoft, causing serious network outages in Azure and Microsoft 365 for days. I toot’d about it at the time: At the ...
30 July 2024

DDoS Attacks Disrupt Major Russian Banks: Ukraine Claims Responsibility

  Several major Russian banks experienced distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, disrupting their online services and mobile apps. On Wednesday, local media ...
29 July 2024

The Role of DDoS Stress Testing in DDoS Protection

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have become increasingly sophisticated, posing significant threats to businesses worldwide. Protecting assets and ensuring ...
26 July 2024

The Role of DDoS Stress Testing in DDoS Protection

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have become increasingly sophisticated, posing significant threats to businesses worldwide. Protecting assets and ensuring ...
26 July 2024

DDoS: The tool of Hacktivism

DDoS: The tool of Hacktivism How Hacktivists are using DDoS as a tool to create disruptions.
26 July 2024

Pro-Palestinian Actor Levels Six-Day DDoS Attack on UAE Bank

BlackMeta, known for targeting organizations in Israel, UAE, and the US, used a cybercrime service called InfraShutdown to target a UAE bank for $500-$625 a week. The attach ...
25 July 2024

Major Russian Banks Hit with DDoS Attacks as Ukraine Claims Responsibility

Several major Russian banks were hit by DDoS attacks that disrupted their mobile apps and websites. State-owned VTB and Russian Agricultural Bank confirmed the attacks, with ...
25 July 2024

DDoS Attack Lasted for 6 Days, Record created for the duration of the Cyberattack

A financial institution in the Middle East endured a record-breaking Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack for six days. The attack, orchestrated by the hacktivist group ...
25 July 2024

PHP Vulnerability Used For Malware And DDOS Attacks

The cybercrime landscape has recently seen multiple threat actors exploiting a known PHP vulnerability. As per recent media reports, the vulnerability is exploited to deliver ...
25 July 2024

Ukraine Hackers Hit Major Russian banks with DDoS attacks

Several prominent Russian bank clients experienced issues with their mobile apps and websites. According to Downdetector, complaints began to surge around 09:30 Moscow time. ...
25 July 2024

Pro-Palestinian Actor Levels 6-Day DDoS Attack on UAE Bank

Pro-Palestinian Actor Levels 6-Day DDoS Attack on UAE Bank DDoS cyberattack campaign averaged 4.5 million requests per second, putting the bank under attack 70% of the time.
25 July 2024

The world's biggest hub for DDoS attacks has been shut down

The world's biggest hub for DDoS attacks has been shut down Digitalstress has been seized, and its administrator apparently arrested.
23 July 2024

Law Enforcement Disrupts DDoS-for-Hire Service DigitalStress

Authorities in the UK infiltrated and disrupted the DDoS-for-hire service DigitalStress, and one suspect was arrested. The post Law Enforcement Disrupts DDoS-for-Hire Service ...
23 July 2024

UK: NCA Infiltrates DDoS-for-Hire Site as Suspected Controller Arrested in Northern Ireland

The National Crime Agency (NCA) in the United Kingdom has successfully infiltrated a DDoS-for-hire service known as DigitalStress. The suspected controller of the site was ...
23 July 2024

Prolific DDoS Marketplace Shut Down by UK Law Enforcement

The UK’s National Crime Agency has infiltrated the DigitalStress marketplace, which offers DDoS capabilities This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com ...
23 July 2024

Prolific DDoS Marketplace Shut Down by UK Law Enforcement

The UK’s National Crime Agency has infiltrated the DigitalStress marketplace, which offers DDoS capabilities
23 July 2024

NCA Shut’s Down the Most Popular “digitalstress” DDoS-for-hire Service

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has successfully infiltrated and dismantled one of the most notorious Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) for hire services, digitalstress.su. ...
23 July 2024

F5 Labs report reveals 112% rise in DDoS attacks for 2023

F5 Labs' 2024 report unveils a 112% surge in DDoS attacks from 2022 to 2023, with telecom firms hit hardest, seeing a 655% rise in incidents.
23 July 2024