Industry Leading StormWall DDoS Protection — Now Even Better With Improved Client Portal
DDoS attacks pack a punch. The Ponemon Institute estimates that each minute of downtime during a DDoS assault rings in at a whopping $22,000. On top of that, recovery from such an attack can...
Mirai Botnet Launched 2.5 Tbps DDoS Attack On Wynncraft Minecraft Server
An attack initiated by the Mirai botnet against Minecraft server Wynncraft was blocked by Cloudflare in Q3 2022 in which 2.5Tbps of DDoS was launched.
When DDoS attacks are conducted at a higher bit rate,...
Junos OS Flaw Allows a Network-based Attacker to Launch DoS Attack
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved have been found to be vulnerable to a DoS (Denial of Service) condition, which an unauthenticated, network-based attacker can exploit.
Juniper Networks has addressed this vulnerability on their...
Can you DDoS the Cloud? – How Can You Harden Your Cloud Assets?
The pandemic has opened the doors to the world of cloud computing for many businesses. Global spending on public cloud services is projected to increase to $304.9 billion this year, an 18.4% rise from...
Researchers Uncover A New Technique To Thwart DDoS Attack with 90% Accuracy
Recent research has shown a remarkable 90% accuracy rate in detecting common online threats and DDoS attacks, which is a significant improvement over previous detection methods.
As exclusively reported to Cyber Security News, the new...
18-Year-Old Charged for Hacking Into 60,000 Users’ Accounts
An 18-year-old Wisconsin teenager has been accused by federal authorities of a cyberattack that compromised 60,000 user accounts at the sports betting website DraftKings last year.
A "credential stuffing attack" was allegedly planned by Joseph...
GraphQL Security Report 2024: 69% of API Services Were Susceptible to DoS Attacks
GraphQL, a flexible and efficient query language for APIs, is seeing rapid adoption across enterprises. A recent report titled "The State of GraphQL Security 2024" reveals critical insights into the security landscape of GraphQL...
Internet Archive is Under DDoS Attack For Several Hours
The Internet Archive, a renowned non-profit digital library dedicated to preserving web content, experienced a significant Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on May 27, 2024.
This incident made most of its services temporarily...
Massive DDoS Attack: Record-breaking 419 TB of Malicious Traffic Within 24 Hours
Akamai Technologies effectively countered one of the most extensive and advanced distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks it has faced to date.
The attack, targeting a major financial services company in Israel, lasted for nearly 24 hours...
HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Zero-day Flaw Exploited to Launch Massive DDoS Attack
Cloudflare was unexpectedly hit by an enormous HTTP attack that peaked at over 201 million requests per second.
Starting on August 25, 2023, this onslaught posed a significant challenge, especially considering that it was initiated...