Every now and then, a network operator’s inbox lights up with a DDoS ransom note — bold claims, big threats, and a bitcoin address waiting for payment. We’ve seen plenty ...
Aisuru, a massive IoT botnet, recently pushed outbound traffic close to 30 Tbps from infected devices inside major U.S. ISPs — one of the largest DDoS events ever recorded. Outbound ...
Today, FastNetMon protects networks of all sizes from DDoS attacks and serves customers in dozens of countries worldwide. But how did it all begin? This is the story of the ...
Recent kernel updates led by Google engineer Eric Dumazet, and first reported by Michael Larabel (Phoronix), show that Linux 6.18 delivers significant improvements in how servers handle high-rate DDoS traffic. ...
Guest post by Vincentas Grinius, Co-Founder at IPXO The shift to IPv6 has escalated into a matter of national security, as nations lagging in adoption are increasingly exposed to cyber ...
Incident summary: What we know so far Several major gaming platforms — including Steam and Riot Games — experienced simultaneous disruptions on October 6th. Players reported widespread connectivity issues across ...
ShadowV2 has been identified as a new DDoS-as-a-service platform that stands out for its use of cloud infrastructure. Instead of relying on home routers or compromised IoT devices, it exploits ...
When we talk about DDoS attacks, the focus is almost always on protecting services from inbound floods. But there’s another side to the story that often goes unnoticed: outbound DDoS ...
The cybersecurity landscape witnessed a new benchmark in DDoS attacks as Cloudflare reported mitigating a hyper-volumetric assault that peaked at 22.2 terabits per second (Tbps) and 10.6 billion packets per ...
What L3 and L4 DDoS attacks are, how they work, and what defenders need to know DDoS attacks at Layers 3 and 4 (the Network and Transport layers) are some ...