CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Microsoft is extending the Azure DDoS Protection family with a new product focusing on small and medium-size businesses (SMBs). The product, DDoS IP Protection for SMBs, was announced at Microsoft's Ignite conference and is now in public preview. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There are several trends evident in the latest DDoS Threat Intelligence Report from NETSCOUT. These include adaptive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), direct-path TCP-based DDoS, proliferation of botnets, sociopolitical fallout, and collateral damage. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Content delivery network ( CDN ) service provider Edgio has added a new Distributed Denial of Service ( DDoS ) scrubbing ability along with improved Web Application and API Interface (WAAP) to its network security offering. To read this article in full, please click here

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 9, 2023

A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack is a common form of cyber attack that aims to disrupt the normal functioning of a network by overwhelming it with traffic. In this article, we will discuss how to detect and respond to a D DoS network cyber attack. Some common signs of a DDoS attack include: 1.)

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Graham Cluley

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Law enforcement agencies in the United States, UK, Netherlands, Poland, and Germany have brought down the most popular DDoS-for-hire services on the internet, responsible for tens of millions of attacks against websites. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

By Microsoft Security Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks represent a significant threat for enterprise businesses. To read this article in full, please click here They start when an individual device (bot) or network of devices (botnet) is infected with malware.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 25, 2023

Security researchers sounded the alert about a vulnerability in an UDP-based network service called the Service Location Protocol (SLP) that can be abused to amplify DDoS attacks. To read this article in full, please click here Tens of thousands of systems and devices have this service exposed to the internet.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 21, 2022

At Netscout we continuously work with customers to discover the impact our offerings to prevent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) are having on their ongoing security concerns and challenges. To read this article in full, please click here

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Graham Cluley

MAY 31, 2023

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has received a US $3 million ransom demand following a prolonged campaign of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against its online services. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 9, 2022

Security researchers, network operators and security vendors have detected a new reflection/amplification distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) vulnerability actively being exploited to launch multiple high-impact DDoS attacks. To read this article in full, please click here

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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. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Firewalls are critical, but they are not enough to protect you from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. You need a stateless DDoS solution like NETSCOUT Arbor Edge Defense. To read this article in full, please click here In fact, they are the main target of state exhaustion attacks. Learn more here.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Cryptojacking is the most common form of attack against container- based systems running in the cloud, while geopolitical motivations—mainly related to Russia's war against Ukraine—factored into a fourfold increase in DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks this year, according to a new report from cybersecurity company Sysdig.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This exploit, tracked as CVE-2023-44487 , enabled cybercriminals to orchestrate what has been dubbed the largest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack ever recorded, targeting multiple internet infrastructure companies. At one point in time, most people thought DDoS attacks were going to go extinct like the dodo bird.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 7, 2022

million distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks occurred in the second half of 2021, to know with certainty that such attacks are always happening. It’s not a matter of if a company will be impacted by a DDoS attack, it’s a matter of when. To read this article in full, please click here

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Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In DDoS Protection, Gcore uses the bundle of XDP and regular expressions (regex). This article will explain why Gcore started using this solution (regex in XDP) and how they bound them via a third-party engine and API development. [.].

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CSO Magazine

JULY 27, 2021

Cybersecurity is built to protect computer systems and networks from theft, damage, and service disruption from attacks such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS). DDoS attacks work by taking a target website or online service offline by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of internet traffic.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Q4 2021 saw the appearance of several new DDoS botnets. In October, the botnet was upgraded with DDoS functionality. This is further evidence that the same botnets are often used for mining and DDoS. Once on the device, Moobot waits for a command from the C2 server before launching a DDoS attack.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 21, 2022

Mounting Denial-of-Service (DDOS) attacks is undoubtedly an arcane tactic considering the evolutionary timeline of cyber-defenses, but ‘going old-school’ does pay off when one’s engaged in a fast-paced, counter-for-threat trade-off. In this article, we’re […].

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

What is a DDoS attack? A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is when an attacker, or attackers, attempt to make it impossible for a service to be delivered. In a DoS attack, it’s one system that is sending the malicious data or requests; a DDoS attack comes from multiple systems.

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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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SecureList

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Q3 2021 brought two new DDoS attack vectors, potentially posing a serious threat, including for major web resources. ris , a new botnet capable of carrying out powerful DDoS attacks. For instance, a DDoS attack on a Cloudflare customer (attributed to M?ris) We won't let our #DDoS stop us doing what we love!

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2023

Researchers warn of several DDoS botnets exploiting a critical flaw tracked as CVE-2023-28771 in Zyxel devices. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers warned of multiple DDoS botnets exploiting a vulnerability impacting multiple Zyxel firewalls. Mirai botnets are frequently used to conduct DDoS attacks.”

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 20, 2021

On the Cloudflare blog , the American web infrastructure behemoth that provides content delivery network (CDN) and DDoS mitigation services reports that it detected and mitigated a 17.2 million request-per-second (rps) DDoS attack. The target of this enormous DDoS attack was a customer of Cloudflare in the financial sector.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

Larry Pesce remembers the day when the distributed denial of service (DDoS) threat landscape changed dramatically. To read this article in full, please click here It was late fall in 2016 when a fellow researcher joined him at the InGuardians lab, where he is director of research.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2022

What is a DDoS attack? A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is when an attacker, or attackers, attempt to make it impossible for a service to be delivered. In a DoS attack, it’s one system that is sending the malicious data or requests; a DDoS attack comes from multiple systems.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Many cybersecurity companies rely on devices such as firewalls, virtual private networks (VPNs), load balancers, and other edge devices to protect enterprise networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The client and server then exchange a series of messages in this fashion: To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

MAY 17, 2022

Cyber attackers launched three worldwide distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) extortion attack campaigns in 2021 – a startling new achievement carried out by a REvil copycat, Lazarus Bear Armada (LBA), and Fancy Lazarus. To read this article in full, please click here But threat actors did more than simply increase such global attacks.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 24, 2023

By Microsoft Security Microsoft mitigated an average of 1,435 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks per day in 2022. This trend represents a significant threat for businesses, as DDoS attacks work by targeting websites and servers to disrupt network services and exhaust an application’s resources.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 18, 2021

At the same time, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which have also traditionally been used to extort businesses, returned in force. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story) Ransomware groups are even using them to put additional pressure on their victims.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2021

Yes, the first half of 2021 saw yet another record broken when it comes to global distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks—but that’s not the full picture. After an astonishingly active first quarter of DDoS attack activity, things calmed down a bit for the second quarter of 2021. Unfortunately, “calmed down” is a relative term.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

Cyberattacks on the Lithuanian government and private institutions conducted by the Russian cybercollective Killnet, and the group's possible collaboration with the Conti hacking gang, were shared on the Telegram messaging service ahead of a major DDoS attack Monday, according to cybersecurity company Flashpoint.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 7, 2021

Nowadays, the term DDoS probably raises the heart rate of most webmasters. Though many don’t know exactly what a DDoS attack is, they do know the effect: an extremely sluggish or shut-down website. . In this article, we’ll focus on how to know if your website is under attack and how to protect it. . What is a DDoS Attack? .

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 11, 2021

Security researchers are tracking new DDoS extortion activity by threat actor group Fancy Lazarus. To read this article in full, please click here The attacks have been primarily targeting US and global organizations from a range of sectors including energy, financial, insurance, manufacturing, public utilities and retail.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As my colleague Cezarina explained in a previous article, a botnet is a network of infected computers or other internet-connected devices, that communicate with each other in order to perform the same malicious actions. The post DDoS Operator Arrested by the Ukrainian Police appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This certainly holds true for our findings in the newest DDoS Threat Intelligence Report, which launches September 27, 2022. To read this article in full, please click here

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SecureList

MAY 10, 2021

Botnet operators use infected devices to carry out DDoS attacks or mine cryptocurrency. In Q1 2021, cybercriminals also found a host of new tools for amplifying DDoS attacks. RDP servers listening on UDP port 3389 were used to amplify DDoS attacks. The vendor released a patch when they learned about the problem.

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