Tag: ddos
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PNP Strengthens Cybersecurity Ahead of Possible DDoS Attacks
The Philippine National Police (PNP) stated on Monday that it is actively monitoring its online platforms and reinforcing defense against potential cyberattacks. The announcement follows a warning from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) regarding possible Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, planned for November”¯5 and targeting various websites and networks. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/pnp-strengthens-cybersecurity-ahead-of-possible-ddos-attacks/
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Kurdische Hacktivisten von Hezi Rash auch in Deutschland aktiv
Hezi Rash ist eine kurdische Hacktivisten-Gruppe, deren Name auf kurdisch Schwarze Kraft oder Schwarze Truppe heißt. Sicherheitsforscher haben zwischen August und Oktober 2025 rund 350 DDoS-Attacken dieser Gruppe gegen verschiedene Ziele in unterschiedlichen Ländern, darunter auch Deutschland, beobachtet. Hohe Angriffsfrequenz, … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/11/02/kurdische-hacktivisten-von-hezi-rash-auch-in-deutschland-aktiv/
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New Kurdish Hacktivists Hezi Rash Behind 350 DDoS Attacks in 2 Months
New intelligence on Hezi Rash: See how the Kurdish group launched 350+ DDoS attacks and used DaaS platforms like EliteStress to lower entry barriers. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/kurdish-hacktivists-hezi-rash-ddos-attacks/
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Aisuru botnet is behind record 20Tb/sec DDoS attacks
A new Mirai-based IoT botnet, dubbed Aisuru, was used to launch multiple high-impact DDoS attacks exceeding 20Tb/sec and/or 4gpps. In October 2025, the Aisuru Mirai-based IoT botnet launched massive DDoS attacks of over 20Tb/sec, mainly targeting online gaming, cybersecurity firm Netscout reports. The botnet uses residential proxies to reflect HTTPS DDoS attacks. Its nodes are…
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DDoS, data theft, and malware are storming the gaming industry
When the pandemic kept people at home in 2020, millions turned to games for an escape. The surge turned every console, PC, and phone into part of a vast online network. More … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/27/gaming-industry-cyber-threats-risks/
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DDoS, data theft, and malware are storming the gaming industry
When the pandemic kept people at home in 2020, millions turned to games for an escape. The surge turned every console, PC, and phone into part of a vast online network. More … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/27/gaming-industry-cyber-threats-risks/
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 547 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Russian Rosselkhoznadzor hit by DDoS attack, food shipments across Russia delayed CVE-2025-59287: Microsoft fixes critical WSUS…
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Russian Rosselkhoznadzor hit by DDoS attack, food shipments across Russia delayed
A DDoS attack on Russia’s food safety agency Rosselkhoznadzor disrupted food shipments by crippling its VetIS and Saturn tracking systems. A DDoS cyberattack on Russia’s food safety agency, Rosselkhoznadzor, disrupted nationwide food shipments by knocking offline its VetIS and Saturn tracking systems for agricultural products and chemicals. Rosselkhoznadzor (РоÑÑельхознадзор) is the Federal Service for Veterinary…
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Cyberattack on Russia’s food safety agency reportedly disrupts product shipments
A veterinary certification platform and systems that track products and chemicals were among the tools disrupted by a DDoS incident, Russia’s food safety watchdog said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-food-safety-agency-rosselkhoznadzor-ddos-attack
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Cyberattack on Russia’s food safety agency reportedly disrupts product shipments
A veterinary certification platform and systems that track products and chemicals were among the tools disrupted by a DDoS incident, Russia’s food safety watchdog said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-food-safety-agency-rosselkhoznadzor-ddos-attack
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How to Detect and Mitigate Hit and Run DDoS Attacks
Most DDoS attacks are short in duration. According to Cloudflare, 92% of layer 3/4 attacks and 75% of HTTP DDoS attacks in Q2 2025,ended within 10 minutes. A subset of these are Hit and Run DDos Attacks, which are gaining popularity among cybercriminals, possibly since they are relatively low cost and easier to execute. Characterized……
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How to Detect and Mitigate Hit and Run DDoS Attacks
Most DDoS attacks are short in duration. According to Cloudflare, 92% of layer 3/4 attacks and 75% of HTTP DDoS attacks in Q2 2025,ended within 10 minutes. A subset of these are Hit and Run DDos Attacks, which are gaining popularity among cybercriminals, possibly since they are relatively low cost and easier to execute. Characterized……
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Security patch or self-inflicted DDoS? Microsoft update knocks out key enterprise functions
Tags: api, authentication, banking, control, cryptography, ddos, defense, flaw, government, microsoft, network, tool, update, windowsMalfunctioning devices, failed connections, and installation errors: Update KB5066835 can also cause USB devices, including keyboards and mice, to malfunction in WinRE, preventing navigation in recovery mode. However, the keyboard and mouse do continue to work normally within the Windows OS. Microsoft has now released an out-of-band update, KB5070773, to address the issue.Additionally, the security…
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DDoS-Angriff – Hacker attackieren Vergabeportal für öffentliche Aufträge
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/prorussische-hacker-angriff-vergabeportal-a-c28a2f9af315ec56b80d03c8074833c3/
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Hacker attackieren Vergabeportal für öffentliche Aufträge
Prorussische Hacker haben die Internetseite des Deutschen Vergabeportals fast eine Woche lang lahmgelegt.Prorussische Hacker haben nach einem Bericht der Süddeutschen Zeitung (SZ) die Webseite des Deutschen Vergabeportals des Bundes in die Knie gezwungen. Durch die Cyberattacke war diese wichtige Schnittstelle zwischen Staat und Wirtschaft fast eine Woche lang nicht erreichbar. Am Dienstagnachmittag war das Portal…
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Wenn die Software-Lieferkette ins Visier gerät
Digitale Bedrohungen nehmen weltweit kontinuierlich zu. Meldungen über Malware, Ransomware oder DDoS-Attacken gehören bereits zum Alltag. Und auch Angriffe auf Software Supply Chains gibt es immer öfter. Die Täter nehmen dabei gern Marktplätze ins Visier, auf denen Entwickler fertige Software-Bausteine bzw. -Pakete tauschen. Was ist also beim Schwachstellenmanagement zu beachten? Welche Rolle spielt Open Source?…
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Wenn die Software-Lieferkette ins Visier gerät
Digitale Bedrohungen nehmen weltweit kontinuierlich zu. Meldungen über Malware, Ransomware oder DDoS-Attacken gehören bereits zum Alltag. Und auch Angriffe auf Software Supply Chains gibt es immer öfter. Die Täter nehmen dabei gern Marktplätze ins Visier, auf denen Entwickler fertige Software-Bausteine bzw. -Pakete tauschen. Was ist also beim Schwachstellenmanagement zu beachten? Welche Rolle spielt Open Source?…
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Gcore Mitigates Record-Breaking 6 Tbps DDoS Attack
Luxembourg, October 14th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Surge in scale and sophistication highlights rising threats to tech and digital infrastructure Gcore, the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, has successfully mitigated one of the largest DDoS attacks recorded to date. The large-scale, multi-regional DDoS attack reached a peak bandwidth of 6 Tbps (terabits per…
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Gcore Mitigates Record-Breaking 6 Tbps DDoS Attack
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 14th October 2025, CyberNewsWire First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/gcore-mitigates-record-breaking-6-tbps-ddos-attack/
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CISOs must rethink the tabletop, as 57% of incidents have never been rehearsed
Future-proof attack scenarios: As for the central problem of not knowing what kind of attacks to plan for, Avakian suggests using internal teams or partners to roleplay the most likely attack vectors. To save money, he encourages enterprises to partner with universities for imaginative threat planning and to work with vertical-specific ISACs. Ivan Shefrin, executive director…
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Gcore Mitigates Record-Breaking 6 Tbps DDoS Attack
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 14th October 2025, CyberNewsWire First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/gcore-mitigates-record-breaking-6-tbps-ddos-attack/
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Gcore Mitigates Record-Breaking 6 Tbps DDoS Attack
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 14th October 2025, CyberNewsWire First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/gcore-mitigates-record-breaking-6-tbps-ddos-attack/
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CISOs must rethink the tabletop, as 57% of incidents have never been rehearsed
Future-proof attack scenarios: As for the central problem of not knowing what kind of attacks to plan for, Avakian suggests using internal teams or partners to roleplay the most likely attack vectors. To save money, he encourages enterprises to partner with universities for imaginative threat planning and to work with vertical-specific ISACs. Ivan Shefrin, executive director…
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Aisuru’s 30 Tbps botnet traffic crashes through major US ISPs
Tags: attack, botnet, breach, cybercrime, data-breach, ddos, firmware, infrastructure, iot, malicious, router, serviceFrom Mirai roots to proxy sales: Aisuru is not new. Its foundations trace back to leaked code of the Mirai IoT botnet from 2016, which held “KrebsOnSecurity,” the investigative blog run by Krebs, offline for four days. “The 2016 assault was so large that Akamai which was providing pro-bono DDoS protection for KrebsOnSecurity at the…
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Aisuru’s 30 Tbps botnet traffic crashes through major US ISPs
Tags: attack, botnet, breach, cybercrime, data-breach, ddos, firmware, infrastructure, iot, malicious, router, serviceFrom Mirai roots to proxy sales: Aisuru is not new. Its foundations trace back to leaked code of the Mirai IoT botnet from 2016, which held “KrebsOnSecurity,” the investigative blog run by Krebs, offline for four days. “The 2016 assault was so large that Akamai which was providing pro-bono DDoS protection for KrebsOnSecurity at the…
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Pro-Russian Hacktivist Targets OT/ICS Systems to Harvest Credentials
In September, a nascent pro-Russian hacktivist group known as TwoNet staged its first operational technology and industrial control systems (OT/ICS) intrusion against our water treatment utility honeypot. By exploiting default credentials and SQL-based schema extraction, the adversary ultimately created backdoor accounts and defaced the human-machine interface (HMI), demonstrating a concerning pivot from pure DDoS to…
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Building an Effective DDoS Mitigation Strategy That Works
Every organization’s DDoS mitigation strategy should reflect its unique architecture, defense technologies, and business priorities. Yet, after conducting more than 1,500 DDoS attack simulations and consulting engagements with companies of all sizes, certain best practices consistently prove their value. These practices help build a resilient DDoS defense capable of withstanding today’s sophisticated and evolving threats….…
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Rethinking DDoS Defense: Why Scale Isn’t the Only Metric That Matters
In recent months, headlines have drawn attention to record-breaking DDoS attacks, often measured in terabits per second (Tbps) and accompanied by declarations of network capacity in the hundreds of Tbps. These figures, while impressive, can create a misleading narrative about what truly matters in DDoS protection. The real-world nature of modern DDoS attacks requires a……
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Cisco 0-Day, Record DDoS, LockBit 5.0, BMC Bugs, ShadowV2 Botnet & More
Cybersecurity never stops”, and neither do hackers. While you wrapped up last week, new attacks were already underway.From hidden software bugs to massive DDoS attacks and new ransomware tricks, this week’s roundup gives you the biggest security moves to know. Whether you’re protecting key systems or locking down cloud apps, these are the updates you…