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2022: DDoS attacks increased and continue to increase

15 March 2023

Analysis of 2022 data shows malicious DDoS attacks increased by 150%.Radware has released its 2022 Global Threat Analysis Report. The full year report draws on network and application attack intelligence from Radware's cloud and managed services, the Global Deception Network and the Threat Research Team. "More is the operative word for the global threat landscape in 2022," said Pascal Geenens, Director of Threat Intelligence at Radware. “Compared to 2021, not only were there more DDoS attacks in number, but they were also more powerful, more frequent…

Largest DDoS attack ever on Cloudflare network

10 March 2023

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Cyber security company Cloudflare has detected and repelled dozens of DDoS attacks. Most attacks peaked at between 50 and 70 million requests per second (rps), with the largest attack exceeding 71 million rps. A few weeks ago, strangers attacked Cloudflare's network. However, the CDN provider was able to fend off the DDoS attack without further failures and redirected the requests to its large scrubbing center. These can easily record and analyze the attacks and sort out and block the malicious requests. However, normal requests to a page are forwarded. DDoS as a standard weapon DDoS is one of the oldest…

Catastrophic cyber event in the next two years?

21 February 2023

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A report by the World Economic Forum shows that cyber officials and executives expect a catastrophic cyber event in the next two years. The World Economic Forum – WEF 2023 cites global geopolitical instability. About 93 percent of cyber leaders and 86 percent of executives believe it is “moderately likely” or “very likely” that global geopolitical instability will result in a large-scale, catastrophic cyber event in the next two years. This emerges from the recently published report "Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2023" by the World Economic Forum. Russia-Ukraine War Fuels DDoS Attacks Among the cyberattacks that have emerged as a result of…

2023: What comes after 10 million DDoS attacks in 2022?

8 February 2023

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In particular, the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine caused an extreme increase in DDoS attacks in 2022. While the rise in ransomware isn't as high, the quality of the attacks is increasing, making them harder to defend against. A comment from Netscout. Cyber attacks with the Morris worm date back to 1988 and were a rare sensation at the time. Today, with millions of attacks per year, they are part of daily business and are developing at a rapid pace. In the first half of 2022 alone, there were over 6 million DDoS attacks worldwide. Even if…

Cyber Threats: The Top 5 for SMBs

18 January 2023

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Unlicensed software, phishing, DDoS attacks or careless employees - small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be confronted with a multitude of cyber threats in 2023. Kaspersky experts have analyzed the top threats for SMEs in the new year and provide protection recommendations. Half of the small and medium-sized companies in Germany were confronted with cyber attacks over the past year. Based on developments within the threat landscape in 2022, Kaspersky cybersecurity experts have identified risks and vulnerabilities that SMEs should be aware of this year: 1. Data leaks by employees While it has…

Ukraine: Hacks, DDoS, Ransomware - is this a cyber war?

8 January 2023

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For the "Story of the Year" Kaspersky experts analyzed cyberspace activities such as DDoS or hacks in connection with the war in Ukraine. It is part of the Kaspersky Security Bulletin, an annual series of forecasts and analytical reports. The year 2022 was marked by a military conflict that brought with it uncertainty and some serious risks. In the course of this, a series of significant events in cyberspace, such as DDoS attacks or hacks, also took place. For the "Story of the Year", Kaspersky experts analyzed each phase of the war, as well as the events that…

Faulty botnet malware can be disabled

11 December 2022

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Akamai researchers have investigated a crypto-mining botnet using its KmsdBot malware. The researchers accidentally caused the botnet to crash in a protected environment. Since the malware was programmed incorrectly, a command missing a space was enough to crash the botnet. Earlier this month, Akamai Security Research published a blog post about KmsdBot, a cryptomining botnet that infects victims via SSH and weak credentials. After the malware infected an Akamai honeypot, the botnet was immediately analyzed and reported on in a post. Botnet crash due to missing space The experts…

More intelligent DDoS attacks in Q2022 XNUMX

29 November 2022

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The hacktivists, who seek political attention with their actions, have become quieter. The third quarter of 2022 was again dominated by intelligent DDoS attacks. Germany is one of the most attacked countries. The number of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks has steadily increased in the third quarter of 2022, as a recent analysis by Kaspersky shows. Attacks carried out by professionals in particular increased: so-called intelligent attacks even doubled compared to the previous year. However, the number of hacktivist attacks, which had increased in the first two quarters of this year, has decreased significantly.

DDoS attack on the website of the EU Parliament

24 November 2022

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The website of the EU Parliament was temporarily unavailable because it was paralyzed by a DDoS attack, according to Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament. A group close to the Kremlin is said to have claimed responsibility for the attack. The website and all services were not available during the day on Wednesday, November 23.11rd. The press officer of the EU Parliament, Jaume Duch, announced via Twitter that “the site is not available due to a DDoS attack. Some services of the EU Parliament are currently disrupted by the targeted overload”. Late in the evening, Jaume Duch reported via Twitter that the DDOS attack had been contained...

6 million DDoS attacks worldwide

19 November 2022

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There were 2022 DDoS attacks worldwide in the first half of 6.019.888. In EMEA, DNA amplification attacks were among the top 364,261 vector attacks with a count of 20. This tool is a boost attack for a DDoS attack. This is how it expires. DNS amplification attacks took second place in the first half of 2022 as well as in the second half of 2021, according to the current Threat Intelligence Report from NETSCOUT. In this type of DDoS attack, an enormous amount of data is directed onto the victim's Internet connection by abusing DNS name resolution in order to overload this connection. By removing IP addresses using IP spoofing...

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2022: DDoS attacks increased and continue to increase

Largest DDoS attack ever on Cloudflare network

Catastrophic cyber event in the next two years?

2023: What comes after 10 million DDoS attacks in 2022?

Cyber Threats: The Top 5 for SMBs

Ukraine: Hacks, DDoS, Ransomware - is this a cyber war?

Faulty botnet malware can be disabled

More intelligent DDoS attacks in Q2022 XNUMX

DDoS attack on the website of the EU Parliament

6 million DDoS attacks worldwide

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