FBI: HelloKitty ransomware adds DDoS attacks to extortion tactics

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sent out a flash alert warning private industry partners that the HelloKitty ransomware gang (aka FiveHands) has added distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to their arsenal of extortion tactics. [...]

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‘Professional cybercriminals’ blamed for DDoS attacks against UK telecoms providers

Packet in, says industry group

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Digital Extortionists DDoS VoIP Providers

UK body warns of “unprecedented” attack campaign

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KT clarifies routing error caused outage instead of DDoS attack

South Korea's IT ministry is still investigating what caused KT's nationwide outage of their network.

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Large DDoS attack shuts down KT's nationwide network

Users of KT's network were unable to access the internet for around 40 minutes, which the telco said was caused by a 'large-scale DDoS attack'.

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DDoS attacks against Russian firms have almost tripled in 2021

A report analyzing data from the start of the year concludes that distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Russian companies have increased 2.5 times compared to the same period last year. [...]

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Best DDoS protection of 2021

Prevent your business from falling victim to a DDoS attack with these services.

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Dutch police warn DDoS-for-hire customers to desist or face prosecution

We know what you DDoSed last summer

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Dutch police send warning letters to DDoS booter customers

Dutch authorities gave a final warning to more than a dozen customers of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) website, letting them know that continued cyber offenses lead to prosecution. [...]

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Smaller 'Bit and Piece' DDoS Attacks Slam Servers to Evade Mitigation Systems

Nearly all DDoS attacks in the first half of 2021 were less than 1 Gbps, Nexusguard found.

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Microsoft Azure fends off huge DDoS Attack

Microsoft successfully blocked a 2.4 Tbps Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on one of its European Azure cloud customers.

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Microsoft thwarts record‑breaking DDoS attack

The attack, which clocked in at 2.4 Tbps, targeted an Azure customer based in Europe

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Microsoft thwarts record‑breaking DDoS attack

The attack, which clocked in at 2.4 Tbps, targeted one of Azure customers based in Europe

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Microsoft Azure repels whopping 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack

DDoS mitigation strategies for Microsoft Azure helped thwart a massive attack directed towards European customer.

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Microsoft: Azure customer hit by record DDoS attack in August

Microsoft has mitigated a record 2.4 Tbps (terabytes per second) Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack targeting an European Azure customer during the last week of August. [...]

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Ransomware actors target VoIP service with another wave of DDoS attacks

Recent attack on VoIP providers seems to be an evolution of ransomware campaign, according to security experts.

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Ukrainian police arrest DDoS operator controlling 100,000 bots

Ukrainian police have arrested a hacker who controlled a 100,000 device botnet used to perform DDoS attacks on behalf of paid customers. [...]

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DDOS attacks: how to prevent and protect your business against them

DDoS attacks are on the increase – but what exactly is a DDoS attack and how can you protect your business against one?

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WireX DDoS botnet admin charged for attacking hotel chain

The US Department of Justice charged the admin of the WireX Android botnet for targeting an American multinational hotel chain in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. [...]

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Bandwidth CEO confirms outages caused by DDoS attack

The service was still experiencing partial outages on Tuesday afternoon.

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