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DDoS attacks are becoming a critical tool in geopolitical battles
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DDoS attacks are becoming a critical tool in geopolitical battles

NETSCOUT report claims Distributed Denial of Service attacks are on the rise Such attacks are increasingly being used as political weapons Notorious Russian...

Another huge new botnet is infecting thousands of webcams and video recorders for DDoS attacks
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Another huge new botnet is infecting thousands of webcams and video recorders for DDoS attacks

A new botnet called Eleven11bot was spotted in the wild It leverages weak and default credentials to compromise IoT devices The botnet is...

Web DDoS attacks see major surge as AI allows more powerful attacks
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Web DDoS attacks see major surge as AI allows more powerful attacks

Layer 7 Web DDoS attacks are spiking, Radware report claims EMEA bore the brunt of Web DDoS attacks Financial institutions and transportation services...

DDoS attacks take down game studio servers, causing DayZ and Arma network outages
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DDoS attacks take down game studio servers, causing DayZ and Arma network outages

The company behind Arma and DayZ suffered a disruptive cyberattack Bohemia Interactive game’s servers are inaccessible for days The community is speculating about...

World’s largest DDoS attack blocked, Cloudflare claims
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World’s largest DDoS attack blocked, Cloudflare claims

Cloudflare says it blocked a 5.6Tbps DDoS attack in October 2024 The attack came from a Mirai botnet It included 13,000 IPs, and...

Standing strong against hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks
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Standing strong against hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks

As digital innovation accelerates, so does the scale and sophistication of cyber threats, particularly Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks,...

Japan’s largest telco NTT Docomo disrupted by DDoS attack
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Japan’s largest telco NTT Docomo disrupted by DDoS attack

Japanese telecoms giant NTT Docomo hit with a cyberattack Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack affected services for 12 hours Telecoms firms are...

Tuta has suffered multiple DDoS attacks in one week – but it claims privacy has not been compromised
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Tuta has suffered multiple DDoS attacks in one week – but it claims privacy has not been compromised

Encrypted email service Tuta was the victim of multiple DDoS attacks this week. The German-based provider first announced the incident with a post...

Pro-Russian hackers hit Japan with DDoS attacks over military ties to the US
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Pro-Russian hackers hit Japan with DDoS attacks over military ties to the US

Russia issues warnings to Japan over its military posture with the US Pro Russian groups subject Japan to a spate of DDoS attacks...