DDoS News
A DDoS Attack Wiped Out Andorra's Internet
Plus: Securing US water systems, the FBI's NSO Group dealings, and more of the week's top security news.30 January 2022
Microsoft says it blocked the largest DDoS attack it's ever seen
DDoS attack had a throughput of 3.47 Tbps and a packet rate of 340 million packets per second28 January 2022
Microsoft mitigated a record 3.47 Tbps DDoS attack on Azure users
Microsoft says its Azure DDoS protection platform mitigated a massive 3.47 terabits per second (Tbps) distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack targeting an Azure customer from Asia in November. [...]27 January 2022
Nobel Foundation site hit by DDoS attack on award day
The Nobel Foundation and the Norwegian Nobel Institute have disclosed a cyber-attack that unfolded during the award ceremony on December 10, 2021. [...]26 January 2022
Link11 Sets New Standards in DDoS Protection as Test Winner
In a recent performance test, cybersecurity provider Link11 was benchmarked against leading international security vendors and emerged as the winner. The study by Frost & Sullivan emphasized the importance of precise detection and speed in mitigating DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks.25 January 2022
Kids won’t stop launching DDoS attacks against their schools
A new NCA campaign seeks to intervene before children find themselves on the wrong side of cyber laws.22 January 2022
Revamped Community-Based DDoS Defense Tool Improves Filtering

19 January 2022
NCA: Kids as Young as Nine Have Launched DDoS Attacks
Initiative aims to divert young people away from cybercrime18 January 2022
DDoS attacks soared to new highs in 2021
DDoS attacks posed a significant threat to businesses in the manufacturing industry last year.11 January 2022
DDoS attacks that come combined with extortion demands are on the rise
There's been a significant increase in cyber criminals demanding ransom payments to stop their disruption of online services with DDoS attacks.11 January 2022
IP spoofing bug leaves Django REST applications open to DDoS, password-cracking attacks
Security researcher discovers how to send unlimited HTTP requests with the same client11 January 2022
Extortion DDoS attacks grow stronger and more common
The end of 2021 saw a rise in the number of distributed denial-of-service incidents that came with a ransom demand from the attackers to stop the assault. [...]10 January 2022
Report: DDoS attacks increasing year on year as cybercriminals demand extortionate payouts
Crooks attempt to cash in by upping the ante10 January 2022
CDN Cache Poisoning Allows DoS Attacks Against Cloud Apps
A Romanian researcher discovers more than 70 vulnerabilities in how applications and their content delivery networks handle cache misses that open the doors to denial-of-service attacks.06 January 2022
Original Fix for Log4j Flaw Fails to Fully Protect Against DoS Attacks, Data Theft

15 December 2021
Apache’s Fix for Log4Shell Can Lead to DoS Attacks

15 December 2021
Dark web marketplace bites the dust after colossal DDoS attack
A large-scale cannabis marketplace on the dark web has been taken offline for good by a DDoS attack.30 November 2021
Dark web market Cannazon shuts down after massive DDoS attack
Cannazon, one of the largest dark web marketplaces for buying marijuana products, shut down last week after suffering a debilitating distributed denial of service attack. [...]29 November 2021
Blizzard confirms Battle.net was taken down by a DDoS attack
DDoS attack on Battle.net lasted about an hour, appears to have affected small subset of players.25 November 2021
The gaming industry's latest challenge: DDoS protection
Like moths to a flame, hackers always go where the action is. As the COVID-19 pandemic drove work away from the office, businesses have faced one cyberattack after another on their remote work infrastructure. Meanwhile, a boom in virtual entertainment has brought a surge of players to the gaming industry -- and with them, a rise in DDoS attack activity. Cybercrime rings are launching triple extortion campaigns combining DDoS attacks with ransomware, and data theft, while ordinary gamers can rent a botnet easily and affordably to cheat or disrupt competition with a DDoS attack of their own. The highly popular Titanfall 2 game has already been rendered virtually unplayable -- perhaps by as… [Continue Reading]25 November 2021