DDoS News

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Cloudflare blocks record-breaking 71 million RPS DDoS attack

This weekend, Cloudflare blocked what it describes as the largest volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to date. [...]

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Tor networks hit by wave of DDoS attacks

Attacks on Tor networks have been ongoing for seven months now, making the service unavailable from time to time.

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Tor and I2P networks hit by wave of ongoing DDoS attacks

If you've been experiencing Tor network connectivity and performance issues lately, you're not the only one since many others have had issues with onion sites loading slower or not loading at all. [...]

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New DDoS-as-a-Service platform used in recent attacks on hospitals

A new DDoS-as-a-Service (DDoSaaS) platform named 'Passion' was seen used in recent attacks by pro-Russian hacktivists against medical institutions in the United States and Europe. [...]

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DDoS attacks against financial firms and banks sees huge rise

Attacks significantly up in Europe, where almost half of all DDoS incidents targeted financial institutions.

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Killnet Attackers DDoS US and Dutch Hospitals

Retaliatory Russian attacks latest response to geopolitical moves

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German Government, Airports, Banks Hit With Killnet DDoS Attacks

After Berlin pledged tanks for Ukraine, some German websites were knocked offline temporarily by Killnet DDoS attacks.

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Russian firms are being bombarded with DDoS attacks

Rostelcom complains some 600 companies suffered DDoS attacks in 2022, as the conflict with Ukraine escalated.

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Record-Breaking Year for DDoS Attacks Targeting Russia

ISP Rostelecom says longest attack lasted three months

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Russia’s largest ISP says 2022 broke all DDoS attack records

Russia's largest internet service provider Rostelecom says 2022 was a record year for Distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) targeting organizations in the country. [...]

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Big Prizes, Cash on Offer for Joining 'DDosia' Anti-Ukraine Cyberattack Project

Russia's NoName057(16) group offers incentives and prizes via Telegram channel for "heroes" to mount attacks against targets within Ukraine and pro-Ukrainian countries.

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Multiple Danish Banks Disrupted By DDoS Cyber-Attack

The attack also affected IT financial industry solutions developer Bankdata

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Serbia Slammed With DDoS Attacks

The Serbian government reports that it staved off five attacks aimed at crippling Serbian infrastructure.

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This new Linux malware floods machines with cryptominers and DDoS bots

Linux machines targeted with XMRig malware and being turned into DDoS bots.

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New SHC-compiled Linux malware installs cryptominers, DDoS bots

A new Linux malware downloader created using SHC (Shell Script Compiler) has been spotted in the wild, infecting systems with Monero cryptocurrency miners and DDoS IRC bots. [...]

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War and Geopolitical Conflict: The New Battleground for DDoS Attacks

The effectiveness of attacks largely depends on organizations' distributed denial-of-service defenses.

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Zerobot Adds Brute Force, DDoS to Its IoT Attack Arsenal

Threat actors continue to evolve the malicious botnet, which has also added a list of new vulnerabilities it can use to target devices.

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How AI/ML Can Thwart DDoS Attacks

When properly designed and trained, artificial intelligence and machine learning can help improve the accuracy of DDoS detection and mitigation.

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Microsoft uncovers DDoS campaign targeting Minecraft servers

A simple technique is capable of bringing down “half the world’s” Minecraft servers, Microsoft says.

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Microsoft warns of new Minecraft DDoS malware infecting Windows, Linux

A new cross-platform malware botnet named 'MCCrash' is infecting Windows, Linux, and IoT devices to conduct distributed denial of service attacks on Minecraft servers. [...]