2023
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NETSCOUT releases Adaptive DDoS Protection for AED
NETSCOUT launched Adaptive DDoS Protection for Arbor Edge Defense (AED) to protect ISPs and enterprises from DNS water torture attacks. According to the NETSCOUT DDoS Threat Intelligence Report,…
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Mozi botnet murder mystery: China or criminal operators behind the kill switch?
Middle Kingdom or self-immolation – there are a couple of theories The Mozi botnet has all but disappeared according to security folks who first noticed the prolific network’s…
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HTTP/2 ‘Rapid Reset’ zero-day exploited in biggest DDoS deluge seen yet
Botnet storm drowned last record with 398 million requests per second A zero-day vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol was exploited to launch the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack…
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Mirai reloads exploit arsenal as botnet embarks on another expansion drive
With 13 new payloads it’s the biggest update to the botnet in months The infamous Mirai botnet was spotted by researchers who say it is spinning up again,…
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Dangerous vulnerability can be exploited to carry out massive DDoS attacks (CVE-2023-44487)
Cloudflare, Google, and Amazon AWS revealed that a zero-day vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol has been used to mount massive, high-volume DDoS attacks, which they dubbed HTTP/2 Rapid…
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Global events fuel DDoS attack campaigns
Cybercriminals launched approximately 7.9 million DDoS attacks in 1H 2023, representing a 31% year-over-year increase, according to NETSCOUT. Global events like the Russia-Ukraine war and NATO bids have…
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Akamai partners with Corero Network Security to improve DDoS protection for enterprises
Akamai announced a global partnership with Corero Network Security, the specialists in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection solutions. Akamai is now offering Corero’s on-premises DDoS protection to extend Akamai…
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Huge DDoS attack against US financial institution thwarted
Akamai reckons traffic flood peaked at 55.1 million packets per second Akamai says it thwarted a major distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack aimed at a US bank that peaked at 55.1…
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Tsunami watch
Mitigating the threat of bot-driven DDoS attacks Webinar It’s sometimes easy to be lulled into a sense of false security and imagine that your organization or business…
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Massive attack
Defeating a DDoS swarm Webinar Any organization can lose service, revenue, and reputation as a result. If you are particularly unlucky, a DDoS attack can defenestrate your…