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]
15 February 2023

Cloudflare Stops Largest HTTP DDoS Attack on Record

Attack reached 71 million requests-per-second
14 February 2023

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.
14 February 2023

Cloudflare blocks record-breaking 71 million RPS DDoS attack

This weekend, Cloudflare blocked what it describes as the largest volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to date. [...]
13 February 2023

Tor networks hit by wave of DDoS attacks

Attacks on Tor networks have been ongoing for seven months now, making the service unavailable from time to time.
12 February 2023

Tor and I2P networks hit by wave of ongoing DDoS attacks

If you've been experiencing Tor network connectivity and performance issues lately, you're not the only one since many others have had issues with onion sites loading slower or not loading at all. [...]
08 February 2023

New DDoS-as-a-Service platform used in recent attacks on hospitals

A new DDoS-as-a-Service (DDoSaaS) platform named 'Passion' was seen used in recent attacks by pro-Russian hacktivists against medical institutions in the United States and Europe. [...]
01 February 2023

DDoS attacks against financial firms and banks sees huge rise

Attacks significantly up in Europe, where almost half of all DDoS incidents targeted financial institutions.
01 February 2023

Killnet Attackers DDoS US and Dutch Hospitals

Retaliatory Russian attacks latest response to geopolitical moves
31 January 2023

German Government, Airports, Banks Hit With Killnet DDoS Attacks

German Government, Airports, Banks Hit With Killnet DDoS Attacks After Berlin pledged tanks for Ukraine, some German websites were knocked offline temporarily by Killnet DDoS attacks.
26 January 2023

Russian firms are being bombarded with DDoS attacks

Rostelcom complains some 600 companies suffered DDoS attacks in 2022, as the conflict with Ukraine escalated.
24 January 2023

Record-Breaking Year for DDoS Attacks Targeting Russia

ISP Rostelecom says longest attack lasted three months
24 January 2023

Russia’s largest ISP says 2022 broke all DDoS attack records

Russia's largest internet service provider Rostelecom says 2022 was a record year for Distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) targeting organizations in the country. [...]
23 January 2023

Big Prizes, Cash on Offer for Joining 'DDosia' Anti-Ukraine Cyberattack Project

Big Prizes, Cash on Offer for Joining 'DDosia' Anti-Ukraine Cyberattack Project Russia's NoName057(16) group offers incentives and prizes via Telegram channel for "heroes" to mount attacks against targets within Ukraine and pro-Ukrainian countries.
12 January 2023

Multiple Danish Banks Disrupted By DDoS Cyber-Attack

The attack also affected IT financial industry solutions developer Bankdata
11 January 2023

Serbia Slammed With DDoS Attacks

Serbia Slammed With DDoS Attacks The Serbian government reports that it staved off five attacks aimed at crippling Serbian infrastructure.
09 January 2023

This new Linux malware floods machines with cryptominers and DDoS bots

Linux machines targeted with XMRig malware and being turned into DDoS bots.
06 January 2023

New SHC-compiled Linux malware installs cryptominers, DDoS bots

A new Linux malware downloader created using SHC (Shell Script Compiler) has been spotted in the wild, infecting systems with Monero cryptocurrency miners and DDoS IRC bots. [...]
04 January 2023

War and Geopolitical Conflict: The New Battleground for DDoS Attacks

War and Geopolitical Conflict: The New Battleground for DDoS Attacks The effectiveness of attacks largely depends on organizations' distributed denial-of-service defenses.
30 December 2022

Zerobot Adds Brute Force, DDoS to Its IoT Attack Arsenal

Zerobot Adds Brute Force, DDoS to Its IoT Attack Arsenal Threat actors continue to evolve the malicious botnet, which has also added a list of new vulnerabilities it can use to target devices.
22 December 2022