Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

man charged in 2018 with operating two online services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Internet users and websites. with operating two DDoS-for-hire or “booter” services — downthem[.]org Charles, Ill. The user interface for Downthem[.]org.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 7, 2020

The co-owners of vDOS , a now-defunct service that for four years helped paying customers launch more than two million distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that knocked countless Internet users and websites offline, each have been sentenced to six months of community service by an Israeli court. vDOS as it existed on Sept.

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Aqua Nautilus researchers have uncovered a major Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) campaign led by a threat actor operating under the name Matrix.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2025

The latest Link11 European Cyber Report shows an alarming trend: the number of DDoS attacks has more than doubled, and they are shorter, more targeted, and more technically sophisticated. DDoS attacks surge 137% more DDoS attacks on the Link11 network compared to last year.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2023

The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has been busy setting up phony DDoS-for-hire websites that seek to collect information on users, remind them that launching DDoS attacks is illegal, and generally increase the level of paranoia for people looking to hire such services. In mid-December 2022, the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2020

and United Kingdom, running a service that launched distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and for possessing sexually explicit images of minors. The Justice Department says Vaughn and his gang ran a DDoS-for-hire service that they used to shake down victims. The DDoS-for-hire service run by Apophis Squad listed their members.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

million smart toothbrushes were hacked and used in a DDoS attack is false. The widely reported story last week that 1.5 Near as I can tell, a German reporter talking to someone at Fortinet got it wrong , and then everyone else ran with it without reading the German text. It was a hypothetical, which Fortinet eventually confirmed.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 7, 2024

CLoudflare just blocked the current record DDoS attack: 3.8 Lots of good information on the attack, and DDoS in general, at the link.) terabits per second. News article.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 5, 2022

Cloudflare is reporting a large DDoS attack against an unnamed company “operating a crypto launchpad.” HTTPS DDoS attacks are more expensive in terms of required computational resources because of the higher cost of establishing a secure TLS encrypted connection.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 9, 2023

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week seized 13 domain names connected to “ booter ” services that let paying customers launch crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Ten of the domains are reincarnations of DDoS-for-hire services the FBI seized in December 2022, when it charged six U.S.

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Penetration Testing

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Law enforcement worldwide has delivered a significant blow to cybercriminals with Operation PowerOFF, an international effort led by Europol to dismantle Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)-for-hire platforms.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 12, 2025

The post No, Elon X DDoS was NOT by Ukraine appeared first on Security Boulevard. X marks the botnet: Outage outrage was a Ukrainian cyberattack, implies our favorite African billionaire comedy villain.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 3, 2024

Businesses today need protection from increasingly frequent and sophisticated DDoS attacks. Related: The care and feeding of DDoS defenses But to protect their networks, they’ll need to enable accurate attack detection while keeping operations manageable and efficient. A DDoS attack, on the other hand, is distinctly bad news.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 3, 2023

“However, after users register, rather than being given access to cyber crime tools, their data is collated by investigators,” reads an NCA advisory on the program. “Users based in the UK will be contacted by the National Crime Agency or police and warned about engaging in cyber crime.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 6, 2023

Two Russia-associated groups hit Israel and Finland with DDoS attacks, this week. The post DDoS attacks rise as pro-Russia groups attack Finland, Israel appeared first on TechRepublic. Cybersecurity experts say the actions represent a marked increase in exploits and a harbinger of cyberattacks to come.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2025

terabit-per-second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Terabit per second (Tbps) DDoS attack, which is the largest attack ever reported. The previous largest DDoS attack blocked by Cloudflare occurred in October 2024 and peaked at 3.8 Cloudflare announced that it has blocked a record-breaking 5.6

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 24, 2022

The post Nokia: Botnet DDoS attacks are on the rise appeared first on TechRepublic. A study from Nokia outlining the growing number of botnet attacks shows a larger amount of sophistication by hackers.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 5, 2025

The massive Eleven11bot has compromised more than 86,000 IoT devices, including security cameras and network video recorders, to launch hundreds of DDoS attacks, and security researchers say the threat actors behind the botnet are trying to grow it even more.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 4, 2025

Hackers now use AI and botnets to launch powerful DDoS attacks, bypassing security and overwhelming servers as law enforcement struggles to keep up.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 17, 2024

From ZDNet : However, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continue to be cybercriminals’ weapon of choice, making up over 37% of all mitigated traffic. million unique DDoS attacks. That total is nearly a third of all the DDoS attacks they mitigated the previous year. The scale of these attacks is staggering.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2022

Having spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, threats such as malware, ransomware, and DDoS attacks continue to accelerate. A10’s security research team recorded a significant spike in the number of potential DDoS weapons available for exploitation in 2021 and early 2022. Related: Apple tools abuse widespread. Key findings follow.

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Lohrman on Security

AUGUST 21, 2022

2022 has brought a surge in distributed denial-of-service attacks as well as a dramatic rise in patriotic hacktivism. What’s ahead for these trends as the year continues?

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A vulnerability in the HTTP/2 network protocol is currently being exploited, resulting in the largest DDoS attack in history. Find out what security teams should do now, and hear what Cloudflare's CEO has to say about this DDoS.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Experts see the latest DDoS attacks against Israel as a case study in the effectiveness of simple, brute-force cybersecurity attacks, even against the most sophisticated targets. The post New DDoS attacks on Israel’s enterprises should be a wake-up call appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Tech Republic Security

JUNE 13, 2023

The assumptions a business shouldn’t make about its DDoS defenses and the steps it should take now to reduce its likelihood of attack. The post DDoS threats and defense: How certain assumptions can lead to an attack appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2025

Over the weekend, Italy faced new waves of DDoS attacks carried out by pro-Russia group NoName057(16). ” On Saturday, January 11, the attacks targeted Italian ministries and government institutions, while on Sunday a new wave of DDoS attacks hit Italian banks and private businesses.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 23, 2022

The post DDoS attacks decreased in 2021, still above pre-pandemic levels appeared first on TechRepublic. The study from NexusGuard also found that average attack size decreased, while maximum attack size increased threefold.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 14, 2022

A 33-year-old Illinois man was sentenced to two years in prison today following his conviction last year for operating services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against hundreds of thousands of Internet users and websites. The user interface for Downthem[.]org. Matthew Gatrel of St.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Pro-Russia group NoName057 targets Italian sites, including Malpensa and Linate airports, in a new DDoS campaign amid rising geopolitical tensions. The pro-Russia group NoName57 continues its campaign of DDoS attacks against Italian infrastructure. At the time of this writing, the websites are still facing problems.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 28, 2023

In 2022, DDoS exploits included high-profile attacks against websites offering information on elections and candidates. The post With political ‘hacktivism’ on the rise, Google launches Project Shield to fight DDos attacks appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

ISPs face a few unique challenges and risks when it comes to DDoS attacks. ISPs can be both direct targets of hackers and targets-by-association, as they host hundreds or thousands of customers – large companies, banks, […] The post DDoS Attacks Targeting ISPs are Different – Here’s How appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 25, 2025

Utter emphasized that while cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform offer basic protectionssuch as network-layer DDoS mitigation and rudimentary load balancingthese tools arent designed to address the advanced attacks now targeting application logic and API flows.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On Thursday evening, KrebsOnSecurity was the subject of a rather massive (and mercifully brief) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. But on Thursday DDoS protection firm Qrator Labs identified the culprit — “Meris” — a new IoT monster that first emerged at the end of June 2021. In its Aug.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 23, 2024

Researchers from Tsinghua University have unveiled a potent new method for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, dubbed DNSBomb (CVE-2024-33655).

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming efficiency in various sectors like healthcare and logistics but has also introduced new security risks, particularly IoT-driven DDoS attacks. This article explores how these attacks work, why they’re uniquely problematic, and how to mitigate them. What Is IoT?

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2024

A report by Radware finds that DDoS attacks are increasing not only in number and volume, some lasting as long as 100 hours over six days. The post Radware Report Surfaces Increasing Waves of DDoS Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Kaspersky sells services to help protect customers from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and Madory said it could be that Prospero is simply purchasing that protection from Kaspersky.

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