Edgio Strengthens Security Offering With WAAP Enhancements and DDoS Scrubbing Solution

Upgrades boost Edgio's ability to mitigate sophisticated threats and safeguard applications and data.

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CISA: Beware of DDoS, Web Defacements on Anniversary of Russian Invasion of Ukraine

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency advises US and European nations to prepare for possible website attacks marking the Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

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4 Tips to Guard Against DDoS Attacks

Attackers are now using multiple types of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to take down sites. Here are some ways to defend and protect.

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Putin Speech Interrupted by DDoS Attack

Outage impacts Russian state media websites

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DDoS attacks saw a huge rise in 2022

DDoS attacks are getting stronger as crooks assimilate more endpoints into their botnets.

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A new Mirai variant is attacking Linux devices to build a beastly DDoS botnet

More than a dozen vulnerabilities leveraged to deliver a new Mirai variant.

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New Mirai malware variant infects Linux devices to build DDoS botnet

A new Mirai botnet variant tracked as 'V3G4' targets 13 vulnerabilities in Linux-based servers and IoT devices to use in DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. [...]

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Malicious DDoS attacks up by 150 percent

In 2022, the number of DDoS attacks grew 150 percent globally compared to the previous year, while the number of attacks in the Americas rose even faster, increasing 212 percent compared to 2021. These figures are from the 2022 Global Threat Analysis Report released today by Radware which also shows the frequency of DDoS attacks saw a significant uptick. Globally, organizations mitigated an average of 29.3 attacks per day during the fourth quarter of 2022, 3.5 times more compared to 8.4 attacks per day at the end of 2021. The total global attack volume recorded in 2022 was 4.44PB, an… [Continue Reading]

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Cloudflare Stops Largest HTTP DDoS Attack on Record

Attack reached 71 million requests-per-second

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Cloudflare says it blocked a new record strength DDoS attack

DDoS attacks are getting nastier and more sophisticated, but Cloudflare says it is here to help.

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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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