The Hacker News

JANUARY 31, 2022

DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks are making headlines almost every day. 2021 saw a 434% upsurge in DDoS attacks, 5.5 times higher than 2020. Q3 2021 saw a 24% increase in the number of DDoS attacks in comparison to Q3 2020.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Citrix confirmed that a DDoS attack is targeting Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) networking equipment. Anyone seen UDP reflect DDoS attacks on #citrix #netscaler lately?? — Marius Sandbu (@msandbu) December 20, 2020. “Citrix is aware of a DDoS attack pattern impacting Citrix ADCs.

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The Hacker News

JULY 5, 2024

French cloud computing firm OVHcloud said it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in April 2024 that reached a packet rate of 840 million packets per second (Mpps). This is just above the previous record of 809 million Mpps reported by Akamai as targeting a large European bank in June 2020.

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We Live Security

JULY 21, 2021

Cybercriminals may target the popular event with ransomware, phishing, or DDoS attacks in a bid to increase their notoriety or make money. The post Cybercriminals may target 2020 Tokyo Olympics, FBI warns appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2020

Akamai announced to have mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that hit a European bank. Akamai revealed that a bank in Europe was hit by a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked a record 809 million packets per second (PPS). SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS). RPS, which is 2.7

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 26, 2021

Cybersecurity firm Akamai said in a report that COVID-19 and a newfound reliance on digital tools prompted a spike.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Dutch police warn customers of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) website of stopping using the service to avoid prosecution. Dutch police warn customers of a booter service, abused to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, of to stop using it to avoid prosecution. by carrying out DDoS attacks on March 19.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2020

The new Mirai strain targets CVE-2020-9054 , a critical flaw that exists in many VPN firewalls and network attached storage (NAS) devices made by Taiwanese vendor Zyxel Communication Corp. The commands Mukashi botmasters can send to infected devices include scanning for and exploiting other systems, and launching DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2020

Wireless carrier T-Mobile suffered a major outage in the United States, that impacted service at other carriers, due to a “massive” DDoS attack. Wireless carrier T-Mobile suffered a massive DDoS attack that caused a major outage in the United States that impacted service at other carriers due to a “massive” DDoS attack.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The number of DDoS attacks affecting educational resources was far higher between February and June 2020 compared with 2019.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

The Hoaxcalls IoT botnet expanded the list of targeted devices and has added new distributed denial of service (DDoS) capabilities. The botnet was initially designed to launch DDoS attacks using UDP, DNS and HEX floods. Experts also noticed that the new variant implements 16 new DDoS capabilities. score of 9.8

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2020

The dark web marketplace Empire Market has been down for at least 3 days, two of the possible reasons, an exit scam or a prolonged DDoS attack. The cause is still unclear, someone blames a prolonged denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, while some users suspect an exit scam. link] — dark.fail (@DarkDotFail) August 21, 2020.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

The 2H2020 Threat Intelligence Report correctly predicted that 2020’s record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack activity would follow the COVID-19 pandemic into 2021. million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2021, a 31% increase from the same time in 2020.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

local time (08:15 UTC); real-time network data show national connectivity fall to 75% after authorities reportedly activated "Digital Fortress" isolation mechanism; incident ongoing [link] pic.twitter.com/bsETg1Sfxb — NetBlocks.org (@netblocks) February 8, 2020. link] — Khosro Kalbasi (@KhosroKalbasi) February 8, 2020.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Microsoft Azure cloud service mitigated a massive DDoS attack of 2.4 terabytes per second (Tbps) at the end of August, it is the largest DDoS attack to date. terabytes per second (Tbps) DDoS attack at the end of August, it represents the largest DDoS attack recorded to date. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2021

Cloudflare last month fought off a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a botnet that was bombarding 17.2 The attack was almost three times larger than any previous attack that Cloudflare is aware of, according to Omar Yoachimik, product manager for DDoS protection at Cloudflare. DDoS Attacks on the Rise.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks cause problems for organizations of all sizes. To fight DDoS attacks, organizations and teams need to implement the three standard phases for any IT threat: preparation, reaction, and recovery. To skip ahead, click on the links: What is a DDoS Attack? Types of DDoS Attacks.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Ransomware operations have undoubtedly dominated the 2020 cyber threat landscape thanks to multi-million-dollar heists and new malware variants popping up. The post Work Smarter, Not Harder: The Evolution of DDoS Activity in 2020 first appeared on Digital Shadows.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 17, 2023

Most people who operate DDoS-for-hire businesses attempt to hide their true identities and location. Prosecutors say his service attracted more than two million registered users, and was responsible for launching a staggering 30 million distinct DDoS attacks. Dobbs’s booter service, IPStresser, in June 2020.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Timetv.live is the latest Azeri news site targeted by Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks launched by Sandman threat actor, the attack took place on March 21, 2020. Just like many other DDoS attacks we have seen in the past against Azeri media, the attacker monitors the success of the floods using the HostTracker service.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2020

Dutch authorities have taken down 15 DDoS-for-hire services in a week, this is another success of law enforcement in the fight against cybercrime. An operation conducted by Dutch authorities last week has shut down 15 DDoS-for-hire services (aka DDoS booters or DDoS stressor), states a press release published by Dutch police.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 30, 2021

Is your organization prepared to mitigate Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against mission-critical cloud-based applications? A DDoS attack is a cyber attack that uses bots to flood the targeted server or application with junk traffic, exhausting its resources and disrupting service for real human users. Source: Testbytes.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Cloudflare announced to have mitigated a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at almost 2 terabytes per second (Tbps). is an American web infrastructure and website security company that provides content delivery network and DDoS mitigation services. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS). Cloudflare, Inc.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

According to the alert, the ransomware gang is launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks as part of its extortion activities. In some cases, if the victim does not respond quickly or does not pay the ransom, the threat actors will launch a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on the victim company’s public facing website.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

Enemybot is a DDoS botnet that targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. Researchers from Fortinet discovered a new DDoS botnet, tracked as Enemybot, that has targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. Upon installing the threat, the bot drops a file in /tmp/.pwned

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

Microsoft in November fended off a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in its Azure cloud that officials said was the largest ever recorded, the latest in a wave of record attacks that washed over the IT industry in the second half of 2021. Also read: How to Stop DDoS Attacks: 6 Tips for Fighting DDoS Attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 14, 2022

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks can cripple an organization, a network, or even an entire country, and they show no sign of slowing down. DDoS attacks may only make up a small percentage of security threats, but their consequences can be devastating. According to Imperva Research Labs, DDoS attacks tend to come in waves.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2021

In particular, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack s have risen dramatically. The latest NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report revealed record-breaking DDoS activity in 2020, as attackers launched more than 10 million DDoS worldwide.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2021

Akamai has recently involved in the mitigation of two of the largest known ransom DDoS attacks, one of them peaked at 800Gbps. CDN and cybersecurity firm Akamai warns of a worrying escalation in ransom DDoS attacks since the beginning of the year. ” Likely DDoS extortion attacks. . ” Likely DDoS extortion attacks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2020

The FBI issued an alert last week warning about the discovery of new network protocols that have been exploited to launch large-scale DDoS attacks. The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent an alert last week warning about large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that abused new network protocols. continues the report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

GreyNoise Intelligence firm warns of a mysterious phenomenon observed since January 2020, massive waves of spoofed traffic called Noise Storms. GreyNoise Intelligence has been tracking a mysterious phenomenon since January 2020 consisting of massive waves of spoofed traffic, tracked by the experts as ‘Noise Storms.’

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

Upon infecting a system the bot turns it into a cryptomining client and could use it to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The malware author named the bot Satan DDoS, but Palo Alto Network’s Unit42 researchers dubbed it Lucifer because there’s another malware with the same name, the Satan Ransomware.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 22, 2021

In December 2020, Citrix has issued an emergency advisory warning to its customers of a security issue affecting its NetScaler ADC (Application Delivery Controller) devices that attackers are abusing to launch amplified DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attacks against several targets.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability CVE-2020-14882 in Oracle WebLogic is actively exploited by operators behind the DarkIRC botnet. Experts reported that the DarkIRC botnet is actively targeting thousands of exposed Oracle WebLogic servers in the attempt of exploiting the CVE-2020-14882. c25e6559668942[.]xyz.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 25, 2022

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a type of cyberattack in which multiple compromised systems are used to target a single system, usually with the goal of overwhelming its resources and making it unavailable to its users. See also: How to Stop DDoS Attacks: Prevention & Response. terabits per second.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 11, 2021

Security researchers are tracking new DDoS extortion activity by threat actor group Fancy Lazarus. The attacks have been primarily targeting US and global organizations from a range of sectors including energy, financial, insurance, manufacturing, public utilities and retail. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ].

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In 2020: The share of spam in email traffic amounted to 50.37%, down by 6.14 In 2020, Bitcoin blackmailers stuck to their old scheme, demanding that their victims transfer money to a certain account and threatening adversity for failure to meet their demands. Interestingly, the cybercriminals did not limit their threats to DDoS.

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