DDOS

A financial institution in the Middle East endured a record-breaking Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack for six days. The attack, orchestrated by the hacktivist group SN_BLACKMETA, set a new benchmark for the duration...

IPFire, a well-known open-source firewall solution, has introduced a new feature to protect systems from SYN Flood attacks, enhancing cybersecurity defenses. This enhancement aims to mitigate the risks associated with one of the most common...

GraphQL, a flexible and efficient query language for APIs, is seeing rapid adoption across enterprises. A recent report titled "The State of GraphQL Security 2024" reveals critical insights into the security landscape of GraphQL...

A 24-year-old Katy, Texas resident, has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison for running a website that facilitated powerful distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The sentencing, handed down by United States District...

The DDoS attacks have evolved tremendously since 2016, with Mirai-like botnets setting new records. Attack frequency and intensity increased notably in 2023, with 1+ Tbps attacks almost becoming daily by 2024. Cybersecurity researchers at OVHcloud spotted...

The Internet Archive, a renowned non-profit digital library dedicated to preserving web content, experienced a significant Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on May 27, 2024. This incident made most of its services temporarily...

Cybersecurity researchers have unveiled a new and potent Denial of Service (DoS) attack, dubbed "DNSBomb." This attack leverages the inherent mechanisms of the Domain Name System (DNS) to create a powerful pulsing DoS attack...

On April 17, 2024, a joint effort between the Dresden Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Cybercrime Competence Center of the Saxony State Criminal Police Office, in collaboration with a U.S. investigative agency, won significantly...

Security researcher Bartek Nowotarski disclosed a new class of vulnerabilities within the HTTP/2 protocol, known as the HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Flood. This attack vector is proving to be a significant threat, potentially more dangerous than...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), has released a comprehensive guide. It aimed at assisting federal,...