Bangladeshi Elections Come into DDoS Crosshairs

Bangladeshi Elections Come into DDoS Crosshairs A government app experiencing slowdowns on election day could be just the tip of the vote-meddling iceberg for the Asian country. But who's behind it?
18 January 2024

Environmental Websites Hit by DDoS Surge in COP28 Crossfire

Content delivery provider Cloudflare observed a staggering surge in DDoS attacks against environmental services during COP28
15 January 2024

Busting three common DDoS myths

DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) protection occupies a peculiar spot in cybersecurity. While "newer" threats like AI-enabled cybercrime and the ongoing ransomware spree take up many airwaves, DDoS is relatively stable. For many, it's a known quantity. But this is where the problem lies. DDoS has been around for so long, and companies have been mitigating against it for all this time that a knowledge gap is slowly creeping in. Because things change, bad habits get picked up, or common misconceptions go unchallenged and evolve into full-blown myths. Companies might be ‘protecting’ themselves under false pretenses, so it pays to revisit what… [Continue Reading]
04 January 2024

How to Prepare for DDoS Attacks During Peak Business Times

How to Prepare for DDoS Attacks During Peak Business Times By shifting to a more proactive mindset, security professionals and their organizations can blunt the impact of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, if not prevent them altogether.
27 December 2023

Blockchain systems hijacked for DDoS attacks by seemingly all-new malware tactics

Blockchain systems hijacked for DDoS attacks by seemingly all-new malware tactics NKAbuse, a multi-platform malware written in Go, uses blockchain to ensure anonymity.
15 December 2023

Blender servers taken offline by major DDoS attack

Blender servers taken offline by major DDoS attack Persistent attack against Blender has been ongoing for days, despite the company doing its best to mitigate it.
23 November 2023

Open-source Blender project battling DDoS attacks since Saturday

Blender has confirmed that recent site outages have been caused by ongoing DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks that started on Saturday. [...]
22 November 2023

MySQL servers targeted by 'Ddostf' DDoS-as-a-Service botnet

MySQL servers are being targeted by the 'Ddostf' malware botnet to enslave them for a DDoS-as-a-Service platform whose firepower is rented to other cybercriminals. [...]
16 November 2023

How DDoS attacks are taking down even the largest tech companies

DDoS attacks are increasingly taking down even the largest tech companies. Learn more Specops Software on these types of attacks and how you can protect your devices from being recruited into botnets. [...]
16 November 2023

Python Malware Poses DDoS Threat Via Docker API Misconfiguration

Cado Security Labs said the bot agent exhibited various methods for conducting DDoS attacks
13 November 2023

ChatGPT: OpenAI Attributes Regular Outages to DDoS Attacks

ChatGPT: OpenAI Attributes Regular Outages to DDoS Attacks ChatGPT and the associated APIs have been affected by regular outages, citing DDoS attacks as the reason — the Anonymous Sudan group claimed responsibility.
10 November 2023

Cloudflare website downed by DDoS attack claimed by Anonymous Sudan

Cloudflare is investigating an ongoing outage causing 'We're sorry" Google errors to be shown on the company's website. [...]
09 November 2023

ChatGPT down for you yesterday? OpenAI says DDoS attack was to blame

OpenAI reported that recent outages are due to abnormal traffic patterns. Here's what we know so far.
09 November 2023

OpenAI Reveals ChatGPT Is Being DDoS-ed

Periodic outages began on November 8
09 November 2023

ChatGPT is down again - and it might have been taken offline by a DDoS attack

ChatGPT is down again - and it might have been taken offline by a DDoS attack ChatGPT experiences three outages in two days – Anonymous Sudan says it’s responsible, and here’s why.
09 November 2023

OpenAI confirms DDoS attacks behind ongoing ChatGPT outages

During the last 24 hours, OpenAI has been addressing what it describes as "periodic outages" linked to DDoS attacks affecting its API and ChatGPT services. [...]
09 November 2023

Russian state-owned Sberbank hit by 1 million RPS DDoS attack

Russian financial organization Sberbank states in a press release that two weeks ago it faced the most powerful distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in recent history. [...]
08 November 2023

DDoS attack revealed as cause of online service outage at public healthcare institutions

The attack brought down internet connectivity for several organization in Singapore.
06 November 2023

DDoS attacks are getting bigger and more powerful, and that's a really bad thing

DDoS attacks are getting bigger and more powerful, and that's a really bad thing Since HTTP/2 Rapid Reset was found, DDoS attacks have been getting bigger and more powerful.
29 October 2023

Cloudflare sees surge in hyper-volumetric HTTP DDoS attacks

The number of hyper-volumetric HTTP DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks recorded in the third quarter of 2023 surpasses every precedent, indicating that the field has entered a new chapter. [...]
26 October 2023