Sunday, May 18, 2025

DDOS

Threat Actors Leverage DDoS Attacks as Smokescreens for Data Theft

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, once seen as crude tools for disruption wielded by script kiddies and hacktivists, have undergone a sophisticated transformation in today’s complex, hybrid-cloud environments....

Europol Dismantles DDoS-for-Hire Network and Arrests Four Administrators

Significant blow to cybercriminal infrastructure, Europol has coordinated an international operation resulting in the arrest of four individuals in Poland who allegedly operated six...

Dutch Services Disrupted by DDoS Attacks From Russian-Affiliated Hacktivists

Multiple Dutch organizations have experienced significant service disruptions this week due to a series of coordinated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. These attacks, which have also...

20.5 Million DDoS Barrage Shattered Records Leading Attack Fired Off 4.8 Billion Packets

Cloudflare's latest DDoS Threat Report for the first quarter of 2025 reveals that the company mitigated a record-shattering 20.5 million Distributed Denial of Service...

New Rust-Based Botnet Hijacks Routers to Inject Remote Commands

A new malware named "RustoBot" has been discovered exploiting vulnerabilities in various router models to gain unauthorized access and initiate Distributed Denial of Service...

XorDDoS Malware Upgrade Enables Creation of Advanced DDoS Botnets

Cisco Talos has uncovered significant advancements in the XorDDoS malware ecosystem, revealing a multi-layered infrastructure enabling sophisticated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks through a new...

Hacktivist Groups Emerge With Powerful Tools for Large-Scale Cyber Operations

Hacktivism, once synonymous with symbolic website defacements and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, has evolved into a sophisticated tool for cyber warfare and influence operations....

CryptoDNA: AI-Powered Cryptojacking Defense Against DDoS Threats in Healthcare IoT

The integration of Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Medical (IoM) devices has revolutionized healthcare, enabling real-time monitoring, remote diagnostics, and data-driven decision-making....

Record Breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack Launched by Mirai Botnet

 The Mirai botnet unleashed a record-breaking Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on October 29, 2024, peaking at an astonishing 5.6 terabits per second...

Apache CXF Vulnerability Triggers DoS Attack

Colm O hEigeartaigh announced a critical vulnerability affecting various versions of Apache CXF, a widely-used framework for building web services. This issue, documented as CVE-2025-23184,...

New IoT Botnet Launching Large-Scale DDoS attacks Hijacking IoT Devices

Large-scale DDoS attack commands sent from an IoT botnet's C&C server targeting Japan and other countries since late 2024. These commands targeted various companies,...