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DDoS attacks serve as instruments of political influence and disruption

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DDoS attacks serve as instruments of political influence and disruption 2025-09-04 at 07:02 By Sinisa Markovic In the first half of 2025, there were 8,062,971 DDoS attacks worldwide, with EMEA taking the brunt at 3.2 million attacks, according to Netscout. Peak attacks reached speeds of 3.12 Tbps and 1.5 Gpps. These attacks have moved beyond […]

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Cloudflare Blocks Record-Breaking 11.5 Tbps DDoS Attack

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Cloudflare Blocks Record-Breaking 11.5 Tbps DDoS Attack 2025-09-02 at 18:18 By Ionut Arghire Part of a wave of DDoS attacks that lasted for weeks, the assault was a UDP flood mainly originating from Google Cloud. The post Cloudflare Blocks Record-Breaking 11.5 Tbps DDoS Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Arch Linux Project Responding to Week-Long DDoS Attack

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Arch Linux Project Responding to Week-Long DDoS Attack 2025-08-25 at 11:18 By Ionut Arghire The Arch Linux Project has been targeted in a DDoS attack that disrupted its website, repository, and forums. The post Arch Linux Project Responding to Week-Long DDoS Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Alleged Rapper Bot DDoS botnet master arrested, charged

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Alleged Rapper Bot DDoS botnet master arrested, charged 2025-08-20 at 21:47 By Zeljka Zorz US federal prosecutors have charged a man with running Rapper Bot, a powerful botnet that was rented out to launch large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks around the world. According to court documents, 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Oregon, is accused of

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RapperBot Botnet Disrupted, American Administrator Indicted

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RapperBot Botnet Disrupted, American Administrator Indicted 2025-08-20 at 19:24 By Ionut Arghire The US Department of Justice has announced the takedown of the RapperBot botnet and charges against its American administrator. The post RapperBot Botnet Disrupted, American Administrator Indicted appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to

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‘MadeYouReset’ HTTP2 Vulnerability Enables Massive DDoS Attacks

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‘MadeYouReset’ HTTP2 Vulnerability Enables Massive DDoS Attacks 2025-08-14 at 14:31 By Eduard Kovacs The new DDoS attack vector, which involves HTTP/2 implementation flaws, has been compared to Rapid Reset. The post ‘MadeYouReset’ HTTP2 Vulnerability Enables Massive DDoS Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this

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Win-DDoS: Attackers can turn public domain controllers into DDoS agents

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Win-DDoS: Attackers can turn public domain controllers into DDoS agents 2025-08-11 at 16:02 By Zeljka Zorz SafeBreach researchers have released details on several vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers to crash Windows Active Directory domain controllers (DCs), one one of which (CVE-2025-32724) can also be leveraged to force public DCs to participate in distributed

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Europol-Coordinated Global Operation Takes Down Pro-Russian Cybercrime Network

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Europol-Coordinated Global Operation Takes Down Pro-Russian Cybercrime Network 2025-07-16 at 20:54 By Associated Press Codenamed Eastwood, the operation targeted the so-called NoName057(16) group, which was identified as being behind a series of DDoS attacks on municipalities and organizations linked to a NATO summit. The post Europol-Coordinated Global Operation Takes Down Pro-Russian Cybercrime Network appeared first

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DDoS Attacks Blocked by Cloudflare in 2025 Already Surpass 2024 Total 

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DDoS Attacks Blocked by Cloudflare in 2025 Already Surpass 2024 Total  2025-07-15 at 16:04 By Eduard Kovacs Cloudflare has published its quarterly DDoS threat report for Q2 2025 and the company says it has blocked millions of attacks. The post DDoS Attacks Blocked by Cloudflare in 2025 Already Surpass 2024 Total  appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Record-Breaking 7.3 Tbps DDoS Attack Targets Hosting Provider

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Record-Breaking 7.3 Tbps DDoS Attack Targets Hosting Provider 2025-06-20 at 15:37 By Eduard Kovacs Cloudflare has blocked yet another record-breaking DDoS attack, which delivered the equivalent of 9,000 HD movies in just 45 seconds. The post Record-Breaking 7.3 Tbps DDoS Attack Targets Hosting Provider appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Surge in Cyberattacks Targeting Journalists: Cloudflare

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Surge in Cyberattacks Targeting Journalists: Cloudflare 2025-06-12 at 14:03 By Ionut Arghire Between May 2024 and April 2025, Cloudflare blocked 109 billion malicious requests targeting organizations protected under Project Galileo. The post Surge in Cyberattacks Targeting Journalists: Cloudflare appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this

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Europol Announces More DDoS Service Takedowns, Arrests

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Europol Announces More DDoS Service Takedowns, Arrests 2025-05-08 at 16:49 By Eduard Kovacs Four people have been arrested in Poland and several websites associated with DDoS-for-hire services have been shut down. The post Europol Announces More DDoS Service Takedowns, Arrests appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React

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DDoS attacks jump 358% compared to last year

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DDoS attacks jump 358% compared to last year 2025-04-29 at 08:04 By Mirko Zorz Cloudflare says it mitigated 20.5 million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2025. This is a 358% increase compared to the same time last year. Their Q1 2025 DDoS report highlights a rise in the number and size of attacks,

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Hackers Take Credit for X Cyberattack

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Hackers Take Credit for X Cyberattack 2025-03-11 at 13:38 By Eduard Kovacs Information is coming to light on the cyberattack that caused X outages, but it should be taken with a pinch of salt. The post Hackers Take Credit for X Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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DeepSeek Security: System Prompt Jailbreak, Details Emerge on Cyberattacks

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DeepSeek Security: System Prompt Jailbreak, Details Emerge on Cyberattacks 2025-02-03 at 14:04 By Eduard Kovacs Researchers found a jailbreak method that exposed DeepSeek’s system prompt, while others have analyzed the DDoS attacks aimed at the new gen-AI. The post DeepSeek Security: System Prompt Jailbreak, Details Emerge on Cyberattacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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DeepSeek Blames Disruption on Cyberattack as Vulnerabilities Emerge

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DeepSeek Blames Disruption on Cyberattack as Vulnerabilities Emerge 2025-01-28 at 14:48 By Eduard Kovacs China’s DeepSeek blamed sign-up disruptions on a cyberattack as researchers started finding vulnerabilities in the R1 AI model.  The post DeepSeek Blames Disruption on Cyberattack as Vulnerabilities Emerge appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Mirai botnet behind the largest DDoS attack to date

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Mirai botnet behind the largest DDoS attack to date 2025-01-22 at 17:20 By Zeljka Zorz Researchers have uncovered two Mirai-based botnets harnessing Internet of Things (IoT) devices to DDoS target organizations around the world. The Murdoc botnet Qualys researchers have laid bare the “Murdoc” botnet, consisting of some 1,300 IoT devices saddled with a variant

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27 DDoS-for hire platforms seized by law enforcement

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27 DDoS-for hire platforms seized by law enforcement 2024-12-12 at 12:39 By Zeljka Zorz As part of an ongoing international crackdown known as Operation PowerOFF, international law enforcement has seized over two dozen platforms used to carry out Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. These “booter” (aka “stresser”) sites were used by both cybercriminals and hacktivists to

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