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The latest DDoS attacks are mostly multi-vector and morph over time
2019-04-25 06:15

DDoS attacks continue to be an effective means to distract and confuse security teams while inflicting serious damage to brands, according to Neustar. Also, when comparing Q1 2019 vs. Q1 2018, the...

Major DDoS attacks increased 967% this year
2019-04-24 13:00

DDoS attacks sized 100Gbps and higher exploded in Q1 2019, with 77% of all attacks targeting two or more vectors.

Rogue Waves: Preparing the Internet for the Next Mega DDoS Attack
2019-04-15 12:07

Why many attack techniques can be reused – but organizations can't defend against them.

Large-scale DDoS Attack Abuses HTML's Hyperlink Audit Ping Facility
2019-04-15 10:05

A new type of DDoS attack that abuses the HTML5 Ping-based hyperlink auditing feature has been detected following a major attack emanating from primarily Chinese-speaking mobile users of the...

The correlation between DDoS attacks and cryptomining
2019-04-15 05:30

There is a direct correlation between cryptocurrency and DDoS attacks. As the price of cryptocurrency dropped in 2018, leading to decreased profits from cryptomining, hackers on the black market...

Why digital transformation could open you up to a DDoS attack
2019-03-21 12:58

One hour of downtime from a DDoS attack costs an average of $221,837 globally, according to Netscout.

FBI crackdown on DDoS-for-hire sites led to 85% slash in attack sizes
2019-03-21 10:42

According to a new report, average and maximum DDoS attack sizes decreased by 85.36% and 23.91%.

Average DDoS attack sizes decrease 85% due to FBI’s shutdown of DDoS-for-hire websites
2019-03-21 06:00

The FBI’s shutdown of the 15 largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) for hire vendors (booters) reduced the overall number of attacks worldwide by nearly 11 percent compared to the same...

Silence of the WANs: FBI DDoS-for-hire greaseball takedowns slash web flood attacks 'by 11%'
2019-03-19 23:10

Fed bust of massive attack network caused traffic loads to plummet in Q4 The FBI's takedown of a group of prolific DDoS-for-hire websites has single-handedly helped to drop attack levels globally.…

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.