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How to detect and respond to a DDoS network cyber attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

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 type of attack, the attacker uses multiple devices to flood a network or a server with traffic, making it unavailable to legitimate users.

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Microsoft: June Outlook and cloud platform outages were caused by DDoS

Security Affairs

Microsoft confirmed that the recent outages to the Azure, Outlook, and OneDrive services were caused by cyber attacks. A collective known as Anonymous Sudan (aka Storm-1359) claimed responsibility for the DDoS attacks that hit the company’s services. ” reads the report published by the company.

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How To Tell If You’ve Been DDoSed: 5 Signs of a DDoS Attack

eSecurity Planet

Mention the acronym DDoS to a web admin and they’ll likely break out in a cold sweat. DDoS, or Distributed Denial of Service attacks, are some of the most malicious and difficult-to-stop network attacks that can be launched against a website or any other DDoS-susceptible service, such as a SaaS platform.

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Know more about YO-YO DDoS Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

All these days we have been discussing Distributed Denial of Service attacks aka Ddos attacks and the massive amounts of fake traffic they create to network disruptions in corporate and government networks. But Yo-Yo DDoS Attack is different and seems to be an innovative way to attack public cloud infrastructures.

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Ukraine’s Response to Cyber Threats a Model in DDoS Prevention

Security Boulevard

With the disruption, loss of life and heartbreaking images that the Russia-Ukraine conflict has produced, it is easy to overlook what it has meant to the cyber threat landscape. The post Ukraine’s Response to Cyber Threats a Model in DDoS Prevention appeared first on Radware Blog. Even threat actors have taken sides.

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Killnet targeting healthcare apps hosted on Microsoft Azure

CyberSecurity Insiders

Most were distributed denial of service attacks aka DDoS and a mixture of other attack patterns. Surprisingly, most of the attacks that were launched on the cloud platform emerged from the US, Russia, and war-torn Ukraine.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 438 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box.