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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 NOT FORKING AROUND The people behind the Aisuru botnet have been peddling access to their DDoS machine in public Telegram chat channels that are closely monitored by multiple security firms.

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Largest DDoS Attack to Date

Schneier on Security

It was a recently unimaginable 7.3 Tbps : The vast majority of the attack was delivered in the form of User Datagram Protocol packets. Legitimate UDP-based transmissions are used in especially time-sensitive communications, such as those for video playback, gaming applications, and DNS lookups.

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Sudanese Brothers Arrested in ‘AnonSudan’ Takedown

Krebs on Security

AnonSudan ), a cybercrime business known for launching powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a range of targets, including dozens of hospitals, news websites and cloud providers. AnonSudan claimed credit for successful DDoS attacks on numerous U.S. 2023), and OpenAI (Nov. A statement by the U.S.

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DDoS Mitigation Firm Founder Admits to DDoS

Krebs on Security

A Georgia man who co-founded a service designed to protect companies from crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has pleaded to paying a DDoS-for-hire service to launch attacks against others. Tucker Preston , 22, of Macon, Ga., ” Preston declined to comment for this story.

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

Security Affairs

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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Massive 7.3 Tbps DDoS Attack Delivers 37.4 TB in 45 Seconds, Targeting Hosting Provider

The Hacker News

Cloudflare on Thursday said it autonomously blocked the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever recorded, which hit a peak of 7.3 Hosting providers and critical Internet infrastructure have increasingly become targets of DDoS attacks," Cloudflare's Omer Yoachimik terabits per second (Tbps).

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German Police Raid DDoS-Friendly Host ‘FlyHosting’

Krebs on Security

Authorities in Germany this week seized Internet servers that powered FlyHosting , a dark web offering that catered to cybercriminals operating DDoS-for-hire services, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. “Police says: They support ddos attacks, C&C/C2 and stresser a bit too much. A seizure notice left on the FlyHosting domains. .

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