Kremlin Blames Widespread Website Disruptions on DDoS Attack; Digital Experts Disagree

The Kremlin attributed the widespread website disruptions in Russia to a DDoS attack, but digital experts disagree, stating that it is unlikely to target all 2,000 Russian ...

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Four Misconceptions about DDoS Testing

Most organizations already understand the importance of running a controlled DDoS attack to evaluate the resiliency of their application and to practice event response. ...

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Cybersecurity News: Russia’s questionable DDoS, FAA’s cybersecurity proposal, Windows Recall reappears

In today’s cybersecurity news… Kremlin complains of DDoS attack, digital experts not so sure Disruptions that occurred on Wednesday for some Russian users of WhatsApp, ...

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Russia blames mass tech outages on DDoS attack

Russian authorities have blamed a DDoS attack for widespread app outages, but activists aren't so sure.

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Russia Reports DDoS Attack Disrupting Telegram and WhatsApp

Russian users of popular messaging apps Telegram and WhatsApp experienced significant disruptions, which were attributed to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The ...

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MegaMedusa, RipperSec’s Public Web DDoS Attack Tool

RipperSec, a pro-Palestinian hacktivist group based in Malaysia, has released MegaMedusa, a publicly available Web DDoS attack tool that simplifies launching large-scale DDoS ...

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Telegram and WhatsApp suffer downtime in Russia due to DDoS

In recent years, when a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack targeted a business or federal entity in Western countries, Russia, China, and North Korea were often the ...

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Average DDoS attack costs $6,000 per minute

2023 saw a surge in the frequency and duration of DDoS attacks, and in the first half of 2024, it’s clear that surge has become the new normal, according to Zayo. DDoS attack ...

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MegaMedusa, Highly Scalable Web DDoS Attack Tool Used By Hacker Groups

RipperSec, a pro-Palestinian, pro-Muslim Malaysian hacktivist group, has rapidly grown since its Telegram inception in June 2023.  Leveraging a community of over 2,000 ...

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Multiple F5 Flaws Let Attackers Login With User Session & Cause DoS Attack

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in BIG-IP, which are associated with Insufficient Session Fixation and Expired Pointer Dereference. These vulnerabilities have been ...

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Ukrainian Bank’s Service for Military Donations Targeted by ‘Massive’ DDoS Attack

The attack, lasting from Friday to Monday, reached 7.5 billion requests per second, according to Monobank CEO. Despite not impacting operations, the bank collaborated with ...

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DDoS Attack Volume Rises, Peak Power Reaches 1.7 Tbps

According to Gcore, the number of DDoS attacks in the first half of 2024 increased by 46% compared to the same period in 2023, reaching a total of 830,000 attacks. The peak ...

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Geopolitical Tensions Drive Explosion in DDoS Attacks

Radware found that Web DDoS attacks rose by 265% in H1 2024, driven by hacktivist groups amid rising geopolitical tensions This article has been indexed from ...

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Geopolitical Tensions Drive Explosion in DDoS Attacks

Radware found that Web DDoS attacks rose by 265% in H1 2024, driven by hacktivist groups amid rising geopolitical tensions

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Radware report reveals 265% rise in global web DDoS attacks

Radware's H1 2024 report shows a 265% surge in global web DDoS attacks, largely due to geopolitical tensions and increased exploitation of application infrastructure.

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Radware report reveals 265% rise in global web DDoS attacks

Radware's H1 2024 report shows a 265% surge in global web DDoS attacks, largely due to geopolitical tensions and increased exploitation of application infrastructure.

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It's not just X — DDoS attacks really are hitting more victims

Distributed Denial of Service attacks are also growing more dangerous as victims report higher throughput.

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DDoS attack activity soars in first half of 2024

In the first half of 2024, web DDoS attacks surged globally 265 percent compared to the second half of 2023, according to the latest threat analysis report from Radware. ...

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DDoS attack volume rises, peak power reaches 1.7 Tbps

The total number of DDoS attacks during H1 2024 amounted to 830,000, an increase of 46% when compared to H1 2023, according to Gcore. Peak attack power rose from 1.6 terabits ...

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Gcore Radar Report Shows 46% Increase in Number of DDoS Attacks in First Half of 2024

Peak attack power hits record high as threats escalate  LUXEMBOURG, Aug. 14, 2024: Gcore, the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, today ...

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