Topic: ddos attacks
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DDoS Attacks Surge in Frequency and Power
DDoS attacks have surged dramatically, with a 168% increase in incidents in 2025, posing a severe global threat to digital infrastructure. Technology, telecom, and financial sectors are primary targets, facing frequent, powerful attacks that are increasingly fast and difficult to mitigate in real...
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Deep Learning: An Early Warning System for DDoS Attacks
A novel deep learning approach, using long short-term memory (LSTM) networks, is being developed to forecast DDoS attacks by analyzing historical patterns, shifting cybersecurity from reactive detection to proactive prevention. Research on nearly 200,000 DDoS incidents revealed a near doubling of...
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DigiCert Unveils First RADAR Threat Intelligence Brief
DigiCert's inaugural RADAR Threat Intelligence Brief reveals an unprecedented escalation in DDoS attacks, with two incidents reaching peaks of 2.4 and 3.7 terabits per second, signaling a shift where internet infrastructure becomes both weapon and battleground. The report identifies key trends in...
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New Dysphoria DDoS botnet infects 200,000 devices globally
Dysphoria is a new DDoS botnet that has infected over 200,000 devices globally, using a covert blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) system via Ethereum ENS and Solana SNS domains to evade takedowns. The botnet spreads through weak Telnet/SSH credentials and IoT vulnerabilities, has undergone...
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MazeBolt Uses AI to Simulate Attacks for DDoS Security Testing
MazeBolt's new RADAR VectorAI module uses machine learning to simulate AI-powered DDoS attacks, testing both known and novel threats that traditional methods may miss. The module addresses a gap in proactive DDoS defense by enabling continuous validation against emerging AI-crafted attack strateg...
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UK Warns of Ongoing Russian Hacktivist Cyber Attacks
The UK's NCSC warns that Russian-aligned hacktivist groups are persistently targeting critical infrastructure and government with disruptive DDoS attacks, causing significant operational and financial harm. A key group, NoName057(16), uses a crowdsourced "DDoSia" platform to launch distributed at...
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Hacktivist DDoS Attacks Surge Against Government Sites
Hacktivist-driven DDoS attacks were the most frequent cybersecurity incidents in the public sector, accounting for 60% of cases, though they were not the most damaging. Data breaches and ransomware, often by cybercriminals and state actors, caused more severe impacts, targeting sensitive services...
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Gaming Industry Under Siege: DDoS, Data Theft & Malware Attacks
The gaming industry is experiencing escalating cyberattacks, including DDoS incidents and security breaches, threatening user data and virtual economies as the market grows to nearly $189 billion by 2025. Players, especially younger ones, often neglect security measures like strong passwords, mak...
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ShadowV2 Botnet: The Alarming Rise of DDoS-for-Hire
A new botnet called ShadowV2 uses cloud tools like GitHub CodeSpaces and Docker to deploy malware that launches powerful DDoS attacks, targeting vulnerable cloud infrastructure. The operation functions as a sophisticated cybercrime-as-a-service platform, featuring a professional API, user managem...
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Global Operation Takes Down Largest DDoS Botnets
An international law enforcement operation dismantled the infrastructure of major botnets (Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid, Mossad) by seizing their Command and Control servers, which were used to launch global DDoS attacks. These botnets collectively compromised over three million IoT devices, such as...
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US Disrupts Major Botnets Behind Record Cyberattacks
U.S. authorities dismantled four massive botnets (JackSkid, Mossad, Aisuru, Kimwolf) that collectively controlled over three million compromised devices, often rented out for cyberattacks. The Aisuru and Kimwolf botnets were particularly powerful, executing a record-breaking DDoS attack last Nove...
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Cloudflare's 2025 Internet Review: Attacks, Outages & Traffic Trends
Global internet traffic grew unevenly in 2025, with major spikes tied to news events and outages, while mobile devices and HTTPS encryption became increasingly dominant. Cyber threats reached unprecedented scale and sophistication, with record-breaking DDoS attacks and a rise in short, evasive bu...
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Phishing Leads EU Cyber Intrusions, ENISA Reports
Phishing was the leading initial attack method in the EU, responsible for 60% of intrusions, with outdated mobile and OT systems being prime targets. DDoS attacks comprised 77% of all incidents, largely driven by hacktivism, but only 2% caused service disruptions, with groups like NoName057(16) e...
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API Incidents Surge: 40,000+ Reported in First Half of 2025
The first half of 2025 saw over 40,000 API incidents, with APIs becoming a prime target for sophisticated automated attacks despite representing a small part of the attack surface. A record-breaking 15 million requests-per-second DDoS attack targeted a financial services API, using botnets that m...
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Win-DDoS: Hackers Exploit Public Domain Controllers for DDoS Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers discovered a critical Windows Active Directory flaw (CVE-2025-32724) called Win-DDoS, allowing hackers to hijack domain controllers for large-scale DDoS attacks by exploiting LDAP vulnerabilities. The flaw, along with three others (CVE-2025-26673, CVE-2025-49716, CVE...
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AI's 2025 Internet: Bigger, More Fragile, and Rewired
The internet in 2025 is increasingly driven by automated systems, with bots and AI crawlers responsible for a significant portion of global traffic, creating a busier and more vulnerable network. Access patterns show a mobile-first reality, with smartphones as the primary gateway for most users, ...
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US Border Patrol Surveils Millions of American Drivers
The US Border Patrol operates a predictive-intelligence program using hidden license-plate readers to monitor American drivers far from borders, flagging "suspicious" travel patterns and leading to stops and searches, raising Fourth Amendment concerns. Microsoft mitigated the largest recorded DDo...
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Cloudflare Blocks 230 Billion Daily Threats: Key Findings
Modern cyber threats are massive and automated, with over 230 billion malicious attempts intercepted daily, shifting attacks from simple password guessing to sophisticated campaigns exploiting infrastructure gaps. Attackers increasingly use information-stealing malware to bypass multi-factor auth...
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New Mirai variants hit routers and DVRs in dual campaigns
A new Mirai botnet variant called "tuxnokill" exploits CVE-2025-29635 in D-Link DIR-823X routers and carries the embedded message "AI.NEEDS.TO.DIE," while also targeting TP-Link and ZTE devices. Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs identified a separate campaign by "Nexus Team" using the "Nexcorium" malwar...
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Top Cybersecurity Breaches and Attacks of 2025
Sophisticated social engineering and malware campaigns, such as ClickFix and its variants, expanded across operating systems, tricking users into self-inflicted infections and becoming commercialized through paid platforms. The cryptocurrency sector and enterprise software faced massive breaches,...
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