DDoS attack takes yet another VoIP provider offline

Attacks against VoIP providers take another victim as Telnyx is hit.

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Telnyx is the latest VoIP provider hit with DDoS attacks

Telnyx is the latest VoIP telephony provider targeted with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, causing worldwide outages since yesterday. [...]

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Critical Citrix DDoS Bug Shuts Down Network, Cloud App Access

The distributed computing vendor patched the flaw, affecting Citrix ADC and Gateway, along with another flaw impacting availability for SD-WAN appliances.

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DDoS attack cost Bandwidth.com nearly $12 million

While the VoIP company still beat its earnings projections, the attack caused a $700,000 dent in revenue for Q3.

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DDoS Attacks Shatter Records in Q3, Report Finds  

Q3 DDoS attacks topped thousands daily, with more growth expected.

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Kaspersky Finds DDoS Attacks in Q3 Grow by 24%, Become More Sophisticated

The total number of smart attacks (advanced DDoS attacks that are often targeted) increased by 31% when compared to the same period last year.

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Cloudflare report highlights devastating DDoS attacks on VoIP services and several 'record-setting HTTP attacks'

In Q3, Cloudflare researchers said they stopped "one of the largest recorded HTTP attacks​."

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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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