DDoS Attack

149 Hacktivist DDoS Attacks Strike 110 Organizations Across 16 Countries Following Middle East Conflict

A sharp escalation in hacktivist cyber activity has followed the coordinated U.S. and Israeli military campaign against Iran, known as Epic Fury and Roaring Lion. Cybersecurity analysts warn that the digital battlefield is rapidly expanding alongside physical hostilities, with distributed denial of service, DDoS, campaigns dominating the threat landscape. According to a new assessment from Radware, two hacktivist collectives, […]

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Kimwolf Botnet Hijacks 1.8 Million Android TVs to Launch Massive DDoS Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a large scale distributed denial of service botnet named Kimwolf that has compromised approximately 1.8 million Android based devices, including smart TVs, set top boxes, and tablets. The findings were published by researchers at QiAnXin XLab, who noted possible links between Kimwolf and another notorious botnet known as AISURU. According to

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AISURU Botnet Behind Record 29.7 Tbps DDoS Attack Using 4M Infected Hosts

Cloudflare reported on Wednesday that it successfully detected and mitigated the largest recorded distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to date, reaching 29.7 terabits per second (Tbps). The attack originated from the AISURU botnet-for-hire, which has been tied to multiple hyper-volumetric DDoS campaigns over the past year. The assault lasted 69 seconds, though Cloudflare did not disclose

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GitLab Releases Security Update to Patch Multiple Vulnerabilities Enabling DoS Attacks

GitLab has rolled out critical security updates for both its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE), introducing versions 18.4.2, 18.3.4, and 18.2.8. These updates address several vulnerabilities that could be exploited to perform denial-of-service (DoS) attacks or gain unauthorized access to GitLab systems. GitLab strongly recommends all self-managed installations upgrade immediately to avoid potential service interruptions. Meanwhile,

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Cloudflare Blocks Record-Breaking 11.5 Tbps DDoS Attack

Cloudflare has once again proven the strength of its global defense infrastructure by automatically stopping a record-breaking 11.5 terabits per second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. This massive cyber offensive is now the largest volumetric DDoS attack ever mitigated, highlighting both the scale of modern threats and the growing sophistication of attackers. The Attack in

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Hackers Can Exploit New Win-DDoS Flaws to Convert Public Domain Controllers into DDoS Botnets

Hackers Can Exploit New Win-DDoS Flaws to Turn Public Domain Controllers into Powerful Botnets A newly discovered attack method could be used to hijack thousands of publicly accessible Domain Controllers (DCs) worldwide, transforming them into a massive botnet capable of delivering high-powered Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The technique, named Win-DDoS, was uncovered by SafeBreach researchers

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