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Cloudflare blocked record-breaking 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack against a hosting provider

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Tbps DDoS attack in May 2025. Tbps DDoS attack in May 2025, 12% greater than its previous peak and 1 Tbps greater than the attack reported by the popular cyber journalist Brian Krebs. The attack targeted a Cloudflare customer, a hosting provider using the company’s DDoS protection solution Magic Transit.

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DDoS peaks hit new highs: Cloudflare mitigated massive 7.3 Tbps assault

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DDoS attacks in Q2 2025, down from 20.5M DDoS attacks in Q2 2025 , down from 20.5M In total, Cloudflare has already surpassed its 2024 DDoS mitigation volume with nearly 28M attacks stopped so far in 2025. “DDoS attacks continue to break records. Cloudflare blocked 7.3M Cloudflare mitigated 7.3M in Q1, 13.5M

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Cloudflare blocked a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack

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terabit-per-second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Cloudflare announced that during the week of Halloween 2024, it autonomously detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) DDoS attack, which is the largest attack ever reported. ” In 2024, Cloudflare blocked 21.3 reads the advisory.

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New botnet HTTPBot targets gaming and tech industries with surgical attacks

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HTTPBot is a Go-based botnet first detected in August 2024, however, its activity surged by April 2025. HTTPBot uses an attack ID for precise control and employs advanced DDoS tactics like HTTP Floods and obfuscation to bypass traditional detection methods. “DDoS Botnet families tend to congregate on Linux and IoT platforms.

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New Mirai Botnet Variant Targets DVR Systems via CVE-2024-3721

Penetration Testing

A new Mirai botnet variant is exploiting CVE-2024-3721 to infect vulnerable DVRs. Learn how this sophisticated attack works and if your surveillance system is at risk.

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RondoDox: Sophisticated Botnet Exploits TBK DVRs & Four-Faith Routers for DDoS Attacks

Penetration Testing

FortiGuard Labs exposes RondoDox, a stealthy botnet exploiting critical flaws (CVE-2024-3721, CVE-2024-12856) in TBK DVRs & Four-Faith routers to launch sophisticated DDoS attacks.

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KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS

Krebs on Security

KrebsOnSecurity last week was hit by a near record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that clocked in at more than 6.3 The brief attack appears to have been a test run for a massive new Internet of Things (IoT) botnet capable of launching crippling digital assaults that few web destinations can withstand. For reference, the 6.3

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