Security News > 2019 > March > ThreatList: DDoS Attack Sizes Drop 85 Percent Post FBI Crackdown
2019-03-19 12:00
The FBI's crackdown on 15 DDoS-for-hire sites appears to have had an impact on DDoS attacks, the average size for which dropped 85 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018, a new report found.
News URL
https://threatpost.com/threatlist-ddos-attack-sizes-drop-85-percent-post-fbi-crackdown/142907/
Related news
- CUPS vulnerabilities could be abused for DDoS attacks (source)
- Cloudflare blocks largest recorded DDoS attack peaking at 3.8Tbps (source)
- Recently patched CUPS flaw can be used to amplify DDoS attacks (source)
- Cloudflare Thwarts Largest-Ever 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack Targeting Global Sectors (source)
- Largest Recorded DDoS Attack is 3.8 Tbps (source)
- New Gorilla Botnet Launches Over 300,000 DDoS Attacks Across 100 Countries (source)
- U.S. Charges Two Sudanese Brothers for Record 35,000 DDoS Attacks (source)
- Brazilian police claim they've cuffed serial cybercrook behind FBI and Airbus attacks (source)