Linux 6.18 improves server performance under DDoS attacks

Linux 6.18 improves server performance under DDoS attacks

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. The work focuses on optimising the UDP receive path under...
A new world record DDoS attack: 22.2 Tbps

A new world record DDoS attack: 22.2 Tbps

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 second (Bpps). This attack more than doubled the previous UDP...