Beyond DDoS: The New Breed Of Layer 7 Attacks And How SMEs Can Outmaneuver Them

When most people think of DDoS attacks, they envision tsunami-like floods of traffic overwhelming servers. That’s the classic Layer 3/4 strategy brute force attacks meant to ...
06 May 2025

Beyond DDoS: The New Breed Of Layer 7 Attacks And How SMEs Can Outmaneuver Them 

Beyond DDoS: The New Breed Of Layer 7 Attacks And How SMEs Can Outmaneuver Them  When most people think of DDoS attacks, they envision tsunami-like floods of traffic overwhelming servers. That’s the classic Layer 3/4 strategy brute force attacks meant to ...
06 May 2025

Germany Most Targeted Country in Q1 2025 DDoS Attacks

Cloudflare’s Q1 2025 DDoS Threat Report: DDoS attacks surged 358% YoY to 20.5M. Germany hit hardest; gaming and… This article has been indexed from Hackread – Latest ...
05 May 2025

Week in Review: Cybersecurity CEO busted, Cloudflare’s DDoS increase, FBI’s help request

Link to episode page This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest DJ Schleen, Head of Security, Boats Group Thanks to our ...
02 May 2025

Dutch Services Disrupted by DDoS Attacks From Russian-Affiliated Hacktivists

Multiple Dutch organizations have experienced significant service disruptions this week due to a series of coordinated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. These ...
02 May 2025

Pro-Russia hacktivists bombard Dutch public orgs with DDoS attacks

Russia-aligned hacktivists persistently target key public and private organizations in the Netherlands with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, causing access ...
01 May 2025

PowerDNS DNSdist Vulnerability Let Attackers Trigger Denial-of-Service

PowerDNS has issued an urgent security advisory for its DNSdist software, warning users of a critical vulnerability that could let attackers trigger denial-of-service (DoS) ...
30 April 2025

20.5 Million DDoS Barrage Shattered Records Leading Attack Fired Off 4.8 Billion Packets

Cloudflare’s latest DDoS Threat Report for the first quarter of 2025 reveals that the company mitigated a record-shattering 20.5 million Distributed Denial of Service ...
29 April 2025

DDoS attacks in 2025 have already surpassed the 2024 total

DDoS attacks in 2025 have already surpassed the 2024 total Hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks are all the rage these days.
29 April 2025

Uyghur software malware, DDoS jumps, 4chan back

Uyghur Language Software Hijacked to Deliver Malware Cloudflare sees a big jump in DDoS attacks 4chan back online Thanks to today’s episode sponsor, ThreatLocker ...
29 April 2025

DDoS attacks jump 358% compared to last year

Cloudflare says it mitigated 20.5 million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2025. This is a 358% increase compared to the same time last year. Their Q1 2025 DDoS report ...
29 April 2025

Cloudflare warns of 358% surge in global DDoS attacks in 2025

Cloudflare warns of a 358% surge in DDoS attacks in early 2025, blocking 20.5 million threats and revealing drastic changes in global cyberattack trends.
28 April 2025

Cloudflare warns of 358% surge in global DDoS attacks in 2025

Cloudflare warns of a 358% surge in DDoS attacks in early 2025, blocking 20.5 million threats and revealing drastic changes in global cyberattack trends.
28 April 2025

Cloudflare mitigates record number of DDoS attacks in 2025

Internet services giant Cloudflare says it mitigated a record number of DDoS attacks in 2024, recording a massive 358% year-over-year jump and a 198% quarter-over-quarter ...
28 April 2025

Largest DDoS attack of 2025 hit an online betting organization with 1Tbps brute force: here's what we know

Largest DDoS attack of 2025 hit an online betting organization with 1Tbps brute force: here's what we know The largest DDoS attack of 2025 so far hit an online betting organization with almost 1Tbps of brute force.
27 April 2025

In Other News: Prison for Disney Hacker, MITRE ATT&CK v17, Massive DDoS Botnet

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: former Disney employee sent to prison for hacking, MITRE releases ATT&CK v17, DDoS botnet powered by 1.3 ...
25 April 2025

Microsoft’s Patch for Symlink Vulnerability Introduces New Windows Denial-of-Service Flaw

Microsoft’s recent attempt to resolve a critical privilege escalation vulnerability has inadvertently introduced a new denial-of-service (DoS) flaw in Windows systems, ...
25 April 2025

XorDDoS Malware Upgrade Enables Creation of Advanced DDoS Botnets

Cisco Talos has uncovered significant advancements in the XorDDoS malware ecosystem, revealing a multi-layered infrastructure enabling sophisticated distributed ...
18 April 2025

New XorDDoS Malware Allows Attackers to Create Sophisticated DDoS Bot Network

A significant evolution in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) malware has been detected, with the latest version of XorDDoS continuing to spread globally between November ...
18 April 2025

New XorDDoS Malware Allows Attackers to Create Sophisticated DDoS Bot Network

New XorDDoS Malware Allows Attackers to Create Sophisticated DDoS Bot Network A significant evolution in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) malware has been detected, with the latest version of XorDDoS continuing to spread globally between November ...
18 April 2025