Tag: ddos
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Cloudflare Holds Back the Tide on 11.5Tbps DDoS Attack
It’s the equivalent of watching more than 9,350 full-length HD movies or streaming 7,480 hours of high-def video nonstop in less than a minute. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/cloudflare-ddos-attacks-new-heights
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Cloudflare Mitigates Largest Ever Recorded DDoS Attack at 11.5 Tbps
Cloudflare mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded, an 11.5 Tbps flood that lasted 35 seconds without disrupting… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/cloudflare-mitigates-largest-ddos-attack-11-5-tbps/
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Cloudflare Blocks Record-Breaking 11.5 Tbps DDoS Attack
Cloudflare on Tuesday said it automatically mitigated a record-setting volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 11.5 terabits per second (Tbps).”Over the past few weeks, we’ve autonomously blocked hundreds of hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks, with the largest reaching peaks of 5.1 Bpps and 11.5 Tbps,” the web infrastructure and security company said in a post…
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Cloudflare Blocks Record-Breaking 11.5 Tbps DDoS Attack
Cloudflare on Tuesday said it automatically mitigated a record-setting volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 11.5 terabits per second (Tbps).”Over the past few weeks, we’ve autonomously blocked hundreds of hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks, with the largest reaching peaks of 5.1 Bpps and 11.5 Tbps,” the web infrastructure and security company said in a post…
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Cloudsysteme beteiligt: Cloudflare wehrt erneut RekordAngriff ab
Mit 11,5 Tbps war die Datenrate um etwa 57 Prozent höher als beim vorherigen DDoS-Rekord. Der Traffic kam unter anderem von Google Cloud. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/cloudsysteme-beteiligt-cloudflare-wehrt-erneut-rekord-ddos-angriff-ab-2509-199739.html
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Hijacked by RapperBot: Devices Exploited for Instant DDoS Attacks
A newly uncovered variant of the notorious RapperBot malware is covertly commandeering internet-connected devices”, particularly outdated network video recorders (NVRs)”, and transforming them into a powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) army in mere moments. Security researchers have detailed a sophisticated exploit chain that leverages zero-day vulnerabilities, outdated firmware, and alternative DNS infrastructures to orchestrate attacks exceeding…
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Hijacked by RapperBot: Devices Exploited for Instant DDoS Attacks
A newly uncovered variant of the notorious RapperBot malware is covertly commandeering internet-connected devices”, particularly outdated network video recorders (NVRs)”, and transforming them into a powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) army in mere moments. Security researchers have detailed a sophisticated exploit chain that leverages zero-day vulnerabilities, outdated firmware, and alternative DNS infrastructures to orchestrate attacks exceeding…
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Cloudflare blocked a record 11.5 Tbps DDoS attack
Cloudflare blocked a record 11.5 Tbps DDoS attack, a UDP flood from Google Cloud, part of weeks-long assault waves. Cloudflare announced on X that it had blocked the largest ever DDoS attack, peaking at 11.5 Tbps. The UDP flood, mainly from Google Cloud, was part of a wave of attacks that lasted several weeks. Cloudflare…
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Cloudflare blocks largest recorded DDoS attack peaking at 11.5 Tbps
Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare said it recently blocked the largest recorded volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, which peaked at 11.5 terabits per second (Tbps). First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-blocks-record-breaking-115-tbps-ddos-attack/
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Massive 11.5 Tbps UDP Flood DDoS Attack Originated From Google Cloud
Cloudflare disclosed that its automated defenses intercepted and neutralized a record-shattering Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) assault peaking at 11.5 terabits per second (Tbps). The attack, characterized as a hyper-volumetric UDP flood, lasted just 35 seconds but set a new industry high for network bandwidth consumed by malicious traffic. Detailed analysis from Cloudflare shows that the majority…
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DDoS-Angriffe dominieren weiterhin das digitale Spielfeld
KI-Integration, anhaltende Hacktivisten-Kampagnen und staatliche Akteure, die DDoS-Angriffe als Waffe nutzen, schaffen beispiellose Risiken für Unternehmen weltweit. Netscout Systems, hat seinen neuesten Threat Intelligence Report veröffentlicht, der die Entwicklung von Distributed-Denial-of-Service-Angriffen (DDoS) detailliert beschreibt [1]. In der ersten Hälfte des Jahres 2025 wurden mehr als 8 Millionen DDoS-Angriffe weltweit überwacht, darunter 3,2 Millionen in… First…
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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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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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“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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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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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…