Why DDoS Attacks Use IoT Devices as Weapons?
Indusface saw a 74% increase in the number of websites that experienced DDoS attacks from Q3 to Q4 of 2022.
The frequency and scale of DDoS attacks have increased. Attackers are using more sophisticated methods...
New Zerobot Malware Exploiting Apache Vulnerabilities to Launch DDoS Attack
As a result of the exploitation of security vulnerabilities found on unpatched Apache servers that are exposed to the Internet, the Zerobot botnet has been recently upgraded with the capability of infecting new devices.
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RapperBot Campaign Launches DDoS Attacks on Game Servers
New samples of the RapperBot malware have been found by security researchers at Fortinet FortiGuard Labs. Threat actors are using these samples to create a DDoS botnet that targets gaming servers in order to...
Mirai Botnet Launched 2.5 Tbps DDoS Attack On Wynncraft Minecraft Server
An attack initiated by the Mirai botnet against Minecraft server Wynncraft was blocked by Cloudflare in Q3 2022 in which 2.5Tbps of DDoS was launched.
When DDoS attacks are conducted at a higher bit rate,...
Largest HTTPS DDOS Attack Recorded By Google with 46 Million Requests Per Second
It was reported that Google has been targeted with the largest DDoS attack in history against one of its customers. An attack on one of the Google Cloud Armor customers occurred on June 1st,...
Largest HTTPS DDoS Attack on Record – 26 million Request per Second
Recently, Cloudflare noticed and mitigated a 26 million request per second DDoS attack, the largest HTTPS DDoS attack on record. This attack targeted customer websites using Cloudflare’s free plan.
In this case, the attackers used...
Cloudflare Blocks an Almost 2 Tbps Multi-vector DDoS Attack
Cloudflare mitigated a multi-vector DDoS attack of almost 2 Tbps recently with the help of its automated defense mechanism and Cloudflare remarked this multi-vector DDoS attack as one of the largest till now.
A multi-vector...
Microsoft Hit with 2.4 Tbps DDoS Attack – 2nd Largest Attack Ever Recorded
Microsoft recently proclaimed that they have witnessed a 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack in August this year, and it's the largest attack ever recorded till now. Since the early one was recorded with a volume...
Hackers Targeting Open Docker Daemon Ports Using DDoS Bot
Recently, cybersecurity researchers have detected an open directory that has been carrying malicious files. However, this DDoS attack has been initially reported in a series of Twitter posts by the security threat team MalwareHunterTeam.
After...
Can you DDoS the Cloud? – How Can You Harden Your Cloud Assets?
The pandemic has opened the doors to the world of cloud computing for many businesses. Global spending on public cloud services is projected to increase to $304.9 billion this year, an 18.4% rise from...
