UK creates fake DDoS-for-hire sites to identify cybercriminals

The U.K.'s National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed today that they created multiple fake DDoS-for-hire service websites to identify cybercriminals who utilize these platforms to attack organizations. [...]

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Mirai Hackers Use Golang to Create a Bigger, Badder DDoS Botnet

With HinataBot, malware authors have created a beast many times more efficient than even the scariest botnets of old, packing more than 3Tbit/s DDoS speeds.

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KillNet Group Uses DDoS Attacks Against Azure-Based Healthcare Apps

Microsoft said it saw between 40 and 60 daily attacks in February

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This new botnet could launch a devastating DDoS attack at any time

Researchers spot an actively developed botnet capable of 3.3 Tbps attacks.

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"Hinata" Botnet Could Launch Massive DDoS Attacks

Akamai warns of new Mirai-like botnet written in Go

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New ‘HinataBot’ botnet could launch massive 3.3 Tbps DDoS attacks

A new malware botnet was discovered targeting Realtek SDK, Huawei routers, and Hadoop YARN servers to recruit devices into DDoS (distributed denial of service) swarm with the potential for massive attacks. [...]

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Microsoft Azure Warns on Killnet's Growing DDoS Onslaught Against Healthcare

DDoS cyberattack campaigns from the pro-Russian group have spiked significantly.

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Akamai mitigates record-breaking 900Gbps DDoS attack in Asia

Akamai reports having mitigated the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack ever launched against a customer based in the Asia-Pacific region. [...]

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Protecting collocated servers from DDoS attacks using GRE tunnels

You can get DDoS protection remotely for your collocated server using a generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel. We will explain how GRE tunnels combined with Gcore scrubbing centers can help keep your data safe. [...]

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Many DDoS attacks might not be all they seem

What's hiding behind a DDoS attack? It could be a data exfiltration operation.

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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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