Tag: ddos
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DigiCert Discloses Details of Two Massive DDoS Attacks
DigiCert revealed today that over the last month it has thwarted two separate distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that peaked at more than 2.4 and 3.7 terabits per second (Tbps). Carlos Morales, senior vice president and general manager for DDoS and application security at DigiCert, said both attacks were thwarted by UltraDDoS Protect network..…
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DDoS Threat Intelligence Report von Netscout – NoName057(16) treibt Zahl der DDoS-Angriffe in die Höhe
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/netscout-bericht-ddos-attacken-2025-a-9010a88718afac17e633c6ab372cef4d/
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TDL003 – Breaking Barriers: IPv6 Adoption and DNS Transformation with Tommy Jensen
Tags: access, ai, apple, attack, backup, banking, browser, business, ceo, chrome, ciso, compliance, computer, computing, control, country, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, ddos, dns, encryption, endpoint, google, government, group, international, Internet, jobs, law, microsoft, mobile, network, phishing, phone, privacy, programming, radius, risk, service, smishing, strategy, switch, technology, threat, update, vpn, windows, zero-trustSummary This episode of the Defender’s Log features special guest Tommy Jensen, an internet technologist specializing in IPv6, Zero Trust, and standards. Jensen’s career path, from an AppleCare contractor to a key figure in advancing internet technologies, is explored. The discussion highlights the critical importance and challenges of migrating to IPv6 and the necessity of…
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Arch Linux Services Hit by Week-Long DDoS Attack
Arch Linux”, the community-driven, lightweight distribution renowned for its rolling-release model”, has confirmed that a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack has been targeting its core infrastructure for over a week. Beginning on August 18, users worldwide have experienced intermittent outages and slowdowns on the Arch Linux main website, the Arch User Repository (AUR), and the official…
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AI-Powered DDoS: How Attackers Evolve and Defenders Fight Back
DDoS attacks were once crude instruments”, digital sledgehammers that would flood a target with massive amounts of traffic until it crashed. While these brute-force assaults remain common, a new generation of attacks is emerging with surgical precision, powered by artificial intelligence that makes them faster, smarter, and exponentially harder to defend against. But this technological…
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Cybervorfälle sind das größte Geschäftsrisiko KI in diesem Zusammenhang Fluch und Segen zugleich
Cyberangriffe sind in Deutschland das größte Geschäftsrisiko noch vor Naturkatastrophen, politischen Risiken oder regulatorischen Herausforderungen. Das zeigt die aktuelle Umfrage Allianz Risk Barometer 2025. Jüngste Vorfälle zeigen: Bedrohung ist real Allein im Juli 2025 sorgten zahlreiche Bedrohungen für Schlagzeilen. Darunter sogenannte DDoS-Attacken auf kommunale Websites von Stadtverwaltungen, S-Bahnen und Landratsämtern. Solche Angriffe verfolgen das… First…
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Arch Linux takes a pounding as DDoS attack enters week two
Project scrambles for mitigation as AUR, forums, and main site feel the strain First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/arch_linux_ddos/
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US Officials Claim to Have Gained Control of the RapperBot
Overview Recently, US officials claimed to have successfully gained control of RapperBot, effectively curbing this powerful source of DDoS attacks. The operation pinpointed the key figure behind the botnet, Ethan Foltz. According to the investigation, Foltz has been developing and operating RapperBot since 2021, with his residence in Eugene, Oregon, USA. Since its activity, the…The…
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US charges Oregon man in vast botnethire operation
Federal prosecutors called Rapper Bot one of the most powerful DDoS botnets in history. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/us-charges-oregon-man-botnet-for-hire/758293/
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US charges Oregon man in vast botnethire operation
Federal prosecutors called Rapper Bot one of the most powerful DDoS botnets in history. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/us-charges-oregon-man-botnet-for-hire/758293/
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US cops wrap up RapperBot, one of world’s biggest DDoShire rackets
Feds say Mirai-spawned botnet blasted 370K attacks before AWS and pals helped yank its servers First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/rapperbot_seized/
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Oregon Man Charged in Rapper Bot DDoSHire Case
A 22-year-old Oregon man has been charged with administering the Rapper Bot DDoS-for-hire Botnet First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/oregon-man-charged-in-rapper-bot/
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22-year-old Operator of ‘Rapper Bot’ Botnet Charged for Launching 3 Tbps DDoS Attack
Federal authorities have charged a 22-year-old Oregon man with operating one of the most powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets ever discovered, marking a significant victory in the ongoing battle against cybercriminal infrastructure. Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Oregon, faces federal charges for allegedly developing and administering the >>Rapper Bot
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BSidesSF 2025: How To Pull Off A Near Undetectable DDoS Attack (And How To Stop It)
Creator, Author and Presenter: Simon Wijckmans Our deep appreciation to Security BSides – San Francisco and the Creators, Authors and Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s events held at the lauded CityView / AMC Metreon – certainly a venue like no other; and via the organization’s YouTube…
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BSidesSF 2025: How To Pull Off A Near Undetectable DDoS Attack (And How To Stop It)
Creator, Author and Presenter: Simon Wijckmans Our deep appreciation to Security BSides – San Francisco and the Creators, Authors and Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s events held at the lauded CityView / AMC Metreon – certainly a venue like no other; and via the organization’s YouTube…
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Alleged Rapper Bot DDoS botnet master arrested, charged
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 … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/20/alleged-rapper-bot-ddos-botnet-master-arrested-charged/
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“Rapper Bot” malware seized, alleged developer identified and charged
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced charges against the alleged developer and administrator of the “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire botnet. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/rapper-bot-malware-seized-alleged-developer-identified-and-charged/
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DOJ takes action against 22-year-old running RapperBot Botnet
DOJ charges 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Oregon for running RapperBot, a DDoS botnet behind 370K+ attacks in 80+ countries since 2021. The U.S. DOJ charged 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Oregon for running the RapperBot botnet, used in over 370,000 DDoS-for-hire attacks since 2021. The criminal service is active in over 80 countries, RapperBot enabled large-scale…
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Feds Seize Powerful DDoSHire Service ‘Rapper Botnet’
22-Year-Old Oregon Man Charged With Selling DDoS Attacks Using Mirai Variant. Federal prosecutors have charged Oregon man Ethan Foltz, 22, with administering an on-demand service for disrupting websites called Rapper Bot. Resulting distributed-denial-of-service attacks disrupted DeepSeek and X, as well as the U.S. Department of Defense, which is leading the investigation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Oregon Man Charged in Global “Rapper Bot” DDoSHire Scheme
A massive cybercrime operation tied to one of the internet’s most powerful DDoS-for-hire botnets, Rapper Bot, has been brought down, and at the center of the case is a 22-year-old man from Eugene, Oregon. According to a federal criminal complaint filed on August 6, 2025, in the District of Alaska, Ethan Foltz is alleged to…
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DOJ Charges 22-Year-Old for Running RapperBot Botnet Behind 370,000 DDoS Attacks
A 22-year-old man from the U.S. state of Oregon has been charged with allegedly developing and overseeing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire botnet called RapperBot.Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Oregon, has been identified as the administrator of the service, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said. The botnet has been used to carry out large-scale DDoS-for-hire attacks…
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Officials gain control of Rapper Bot DDoS botnet, charge lead developer and administrator
The DDoS botnet was among the powerful on record, allegedly exceeding six terrabits per second during its largest attack, authorities said. Victims are spread across 80 countries. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/rapper-bot-ddos-botnet-disrupted/
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Internet-wide Vulnerability Enables Giant DDoS Attacks
A good chunk of all websites today have been affected by the biggest DDoS risk on the Web since 2023. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/internet-wide-vulnerability-giant-ddos-attacks
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Cyberangriff auf Webseiten von politischen Parteien in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
DDoS: CDU, AfD und SPD-Websites zeitweise offline First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/shortnews/ddos-cdu-afd-spd-websites-offline
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9 things CISOs need know about the dark web
Tags: 2fa, access, ai, attack, automation, backup, blockchain, botnet, breach, captcha, ceo, ciso, communications, corporate, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, ddos, deep-fake, defense, detection, dns, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, group, guide, hacking, identity, incident, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, international, jobs, law, leak, lockbit, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, privacy, ransomware, resilience, risk, russia, saas, scam, service, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayNew groups form after major marketplaces are disrupted: International takedown efforts damage infrastructure and curb cybercrime operations by disrupting larger operations, removing major players from the ecosystem and scattering user bases.However, the dark web is highly adaptive and sophisticated actors often maintain contingency plans, including mirrors, backups, and alternative forums, according to Edward Currie, associate…
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Win-DoS’ Zero-Click Exploit Could Weaponize Windows Infrastructure for DDoS Attacks
Security researchers have uncovered a “zero-click” denial-of-service chain that can silently turn thousands of Microsoft Windows Domain Controllers (DCs) into a globe-spanning botnet, raising fresh alarms in a year already defined by record-breaking distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) activity. DDoS attacks climbed 56% year-over-year in late-2024 according to Gcore’s latest Radar report, and Cloudflare’s network has already blocked…
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Sicherheits-News: Datenlecks (Google, Telekom); Schwachstellen (WinRAR, Windows) und mehr
Noch ein kleiner Sammelbeitrag zu Sicherheitsthemen. Es gibt mal wieder Datenlecks, bei Google, bei der Telekom etc. Die Software WinRAR enthält eine Schwachstelle, über die Schadsoftware ausgeliefert wird. Und Domain Controller mit Windows können in ein DDoS-Werkzeug verwandelt werden, die … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/08/11/sicherheits-news-datenlecks-google-telekom-schwachstellen-winrar-windows-und-mehr/
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‘Win-DDoS’: Researchers unveil botnet technique exploiting Windows domain controllers
Research revealed more DoS flaws: SafeBreach researchers also discovered CVE-2025-26673 in DC’s Netlogon service, where crafted RPC calls could crash the service remotely without authentication. By exploiting this weakness, attackers could knock out a critical Windows authentication component, potentially locking users out of domain resources until the system is rebooted. Similarly, CVE-2025-49716 targets Windows Local…
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Win-DDoS: Attackers can turn public domain controllers into DDoS agents
SafeBreach researchers have released details on several vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers to crash Windows Active Directory domain controllers (DCs), one … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/11/win-ddos-domain-controllers-ddos-vulnerability-cve-2025-32724/
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New Win-DDoS Flaws Let Attackers Turn Public Domain Controllers into DDoS Botnet via RPC, LDAP
A novel attack technique could be weaponized to rope thousands of public domain controllers (DCs) around the world to create a malicious botnet and use it to conduct power distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.The approach has been codenamed Win-DDoS by SafeBreach researchers Or Yair and Shahak Morag, who presented their findings at the DEF CON 33…