GorillaBot Goes Ape With 300K Cyberattacks Worldwide Tech News Oct 9, 2024 Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks involving a new Mirai variant called GorillaBot surged sharply last month, launching 300,000 attacks.
Israel Aided UAE in Defending Against DDoS Attack Tech News Jul 4, 2023 Israel earlier this year aided the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in helping repel a major distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
German Government, Airports, Banks Hit With Killnet DDoS Attacks Tech News Jan 27, 2023 Ukraine, Russia-backed threat group Killnet retaliated with DDoS attacks aimed at Germany’s government, banking, and airport sites.
Microsoft uncovers DDoS campaign targeting Minecraft servers Tech News Dec 18, 2022 Microsoft researchers have discovered a Windows-Linux botnet taking down Minecraft servers in “highly efficient” DDoS attacks.
Blizzard says Overwatch 2 servers experiencing DDoS attack Tech News Oct 5, 2022 Blizzard says Overwatch 2 servers are experiencing a mass DDoS attack preventing players from accessing the newly launched game.
Fake DDoS Protection Alerts Distribute Dangerous RAT Tech News Aug 24, 2022 Threat actors are spoofing Cloudflare DDoS bot-checks in an attempt to drop a remote-access Trojan (RAT) on systems belonging to visitors.
Russian Killnet Hackers claim responsibility for Lithuania cyberattacks Tech News Jun 28, 2022 The Russian hacker group Killnet claimed responsibility of (DDoS) cyberattacks in Lithuania for transit goods to Kaliningrad, result of EU sanctions.
Ukraine install DDoS protection service to survive cyberwar Tech News Jun 26, 2022 Ukraine Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) using Radware Cloud DDoS Protection and Cloud WAF service to protect itself.
Massive DDoS Attack Knocked Israeli Government Websites Offline Tech News Mar 15, 2022 A number of websites belonging to Israeli government were felled in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack , rendering the websites offline.
Ransom DDoS could be the next big threat Tech News Aug 19, 2021 Ransom extortion under threat of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is a lot easier to pull off than a full-blown ransomware assault.