DDoS Attacks Now Key Weapons in Geopolitical Conflicts, NETSCOUT Warns
Image: EV_Korobov/Adobe Stock Cyberattacks aren’t just about stealing data anymore — they’ve evolved into a key weapon in…
This Week In Security: The X DDoS, The ESP32 Basementdoor, And The CamelCase RCE
We would be remiss if we didn’t address the X Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that’s been…
X hit by large-scale DDoS attack disrupting services for hours
Services at X Corp., formerly Twitter, were heavily disrupted today after the company was targeted in a distributed…
X hit by ‘massive cyberattack’ amid Dark Storm’s DDoS claims
The Dark Storm hacktivist group claims to be behind DDoS attacks causing multiple X worldwide outages on Monday,…
Eleven11bot Botnet Launches Record-breaking DDoS Attack—just How Big Is It?
A new botnet called Eleven11bot launched a record 6.5 terabit-per-second DDoS attack in February, but security experts can’t…
Global DDoS Attacks Surge 53% As Record-breaking 5.6 Tbps Attack Tests Defenses
Cloudflare blocked the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever recorded, peaking at 5.6 terabits per second (Tbps) while…
Cloudflare mitigated a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack
The largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to date peaked at 5.6 terabits per second and came from a Mirai-based…
ChatGPT crawler flaw opens door to DDoS, prompt injection • The Register
OpenAI’s ChatGPT crawler appears to be willing to initiate distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on arbitrary websites,…
OpenAI’s Bot Crushes Seven-Person Company’s Website ‘Like a DDoS Attack’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: On Saturday, Triplegangers CEO Oleksandr Tomchuk was alerted that his…