Biggest Ever DDoS is Threat to OT Critical Infrastructure

Egyptian River Floods: Operational technology (OT) targeted in “world record” 3.8 Tb/s distributed denial of service (DDoS). The post Biggest Ever DDoS is Threat to OT ...
04 October 2024

DDoS attacks can be amplified by CUPS flaw

DDoS attacks can be amplified by CUPS flaw RCE is not the only way to abuse the recently-uncovered CUPS flaw - it can also run powerful DDoS campaigns.
04 October 2024

Biggest Ever DDoS is Threat to OT Critical Infrastructure

Egyptian River Floods: Operational technology (OT) targeted in “world record” 3.8 Tb/s distributed denial of service (DDoS). The post Biggest Ever DDoS is Threat to OT ...
04 October 2024

New CUPS Vulnerability Can Amplify DDoS Attacks: Patch Now!

A newly discovered vulnerability in the open-source CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) printing system can be used by threat actors to launch DDoS attacks with a 600x ...
04 October 2024

The largest ever DDoS attack has just been blocked - here's how it was done

The largest ever DDoS attack has just been blocked - here's how it was done Cloudflare mitigated a 3.8Tbps DDoS attack against an unnamed company.
04 October 2024

Cloudflare Mitigates Record Breaking 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack

Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare fends off a massive 3.8 Tbps DDoS attack, surpassing the previous record. Learn how… This article has been indexed from ...
04 October 2024

Cloudflare Mitigates Record 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack

Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare fends off a massive 3.8 Tbps DDoS attack, surpassing the previous record. Learn how… This article has been indexed from ...
04 October 2024

Cloudflare Thwarts Largest-Ever 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack Targeting Global Sectors

Cloudflare has disclosed that it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 3.8 terabits per second (Tbps) and lasted 65 seconds. ...
04 October 2024

Recently patched CUPS flaw can be used to amplify DDoS attacks

A recently disclosed vulnerability in the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) open-source printing system can be exploited by threat actors to launch distributed ...
03 October 2024

Cloudflare blocks largest recorded DDoS attack peaking at 3.8Tbps

During a distributed denial-of-service campaign targeting organizations in the financial services, internet, and telecommunications sectors, volumetric attacks peaked at 3.8 ...
03 October 2024

DDoS attacks are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure

Critical infrastructure sectors including banking, financial services, government, and public utilities such as energy providers, experienced a ...
03 October 2024

Cloudflare mitigated new record-breaking DDoS attack of 3.8 Tbps

Cloudflare recently mitigated a new record-breaking DDoS attack, peaking at 3.8 Tbps and 2.14 billion packets per second (Pps). Cloudflare reported that starting from early ...
03 October 2024

CUPS vulnerabilities could be abused for DDoS attacks

While the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) vulnerabilities recently disclosed by researcher Simone “evilsocket” Margaritelli are not easily exploited for remote ...
03 October 2024

Unix Printing Vulnerabilities Enable Easy DDoS Attacks

Unix Printing Vulnerabilities Enable Easy DDoS Attacks All an attacker needs to exploit flaws in the Common Unix Printing System is a few seconds and less than 1 cent in computing costs.
02 October 2024

Cloudflare reports thwarting the largest-ever publicly disclosed DDoS attack

Content distribution network Cloudflare has reported mitigating the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack seen to date. The ...
02 October 2024

Decade-Old Linux Vulnerability Can Be Exploited for DDoS Attacks on CUPS

This article explores the Linux vulnerability discovered by Simone Margaritelli, which, according to cybersecurity companies Uptycs and Akamai,… This article has been ...
02 October 2024

Hacktivist activity drives a rise in DDoS attacks

The first half of this year has seen a 43 percent increase in the number of application-layer attacks and a 30 percent increase in volumetric attacks, especially in Europe and ...
02 October 2024

GorillaBot Emerged As King For DDoS Attacks With 300,000+ Commands

The newly emerged Gorilla Botnet has exhibited unprecedented activity, launching over 300,000 DDoS attacks against targets in over 100 countries between September 4 and 27.  ...
30 September 2024

Over 300,000! GorillaBot: The New King of DDoS Attacks

Overview In September 2024, NSFOCUS Global Threat Hunting System monitored a new botnet family calling itself Gorilla Botnet entering an unusually active state. Between ...
29 September 2024

Over 300,000! GorillaBot: The New King of DDoS Attacks

Overview In September 2024, NSFOCUS Global Threat Hunting System monitored a new botnet family calling itself Gorilla Botnet entering an unusually active state. Between ...
29 September 2024