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More and more DDoS attacks in the DACH region
June 26, 2025
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More and more DDoS attacks in the DACH region

A report documents the dramatic increase in DDoS attacks across the DACH region. Germany, Austria, and Switzerland remain the preferred targets for DDoS attacks, with Germany once again clearly leading the way with 309.603 attacks – more than ten times the number of attacks in Austria (28.161 attacks) and about nine times the number in Switzerland (32.983 attacks). Germany also recorded the highest throughput values ​​(362,78 Mbps) and ranks first in the global comparison for data transfer speed during a DDoS attack. With a maximum bandwidth of 994,36 Gbps, Germany was ranked first in the global…

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DDoS attacks against X
6 April 2025
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Messenger X (formerly Twitter) suffered multiple outages due to DDoS attacks, affecting many users worldwide. Elon Musk himself attributed this to a "massive cyberattack" and suspected the involvement of a large, coordinated group. Meanwhile, Check Point Research (CPR) found that the hacker gang Dark Storm Team, a pro-Palestinian cyberattack group specializing in DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks, is back in action after a period of inactivity. Their primary targets are Western entities, including organizations in the US, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Israel. In recent…

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Geopolitical DDoS attacks on Switzerland
24. February 2025
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Geopolitical DDoS attacks on Switzerland

Geopolitically motivated DDoS attacks have become a constant companion in our everyday lives. Not a day goes by without us reading about successful DDoS attacks by various hacker groups that are visible across national borders. The pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16) is primarily responsible for numerous attacks against states, state institutions, organizations and companies of all kinds. The attacks are directed in particular against the Western world and the USA, which are portrayed here as the Russian enemy. NoName057(16) operates a unique gamified botnet called DDoSIA, from which these attacks are carried out very effectively. Countries such as Moldova,...

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DA-CH: DDoS attacks are increasing sharply – most in Germany
28 December 2024
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The current NETSCOUT DDoS Threat Intelligence Report for the first half of 2024 shows that hacktivist activities are increasing worldwide and pose an increasing threat to organizations and industries as their networks are overwhelmed by DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks. The increase in DDoS attacks in the DA-CH region is alarming. They have increased most sharply in Germany. Networks and servers are deliberately bombarded with an above-average number of requests so that users no longer have access and services fail. Germany ranks first in two categories in a global comparison....

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Threat Report H2-2023: Botnets, Ransomware, DDoS 
7. February 2024
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Threat Report H2-2023: Botnets, Ransomware, DDoS

The second half of 2023 was characterized by classic threats such as DDoS attacks and ransomware, but also by the sudden disappearance of the busy botnet Mozi. In addition, the API keys of ChatGPT users are at risk. The ESET Threat Report H2 2023. In the new ESET Threat Report H2 2023, the European IT security manufacturer presents these and other threats as well as trends in the global threat landscape from June to November 2023. The aim of the report is to raise awareness of the biggest cyber threats and provide information about current risks. For more information, see ESET Threat Report H2…

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Cyber ​​attacks on the city of Frankfurt and the university clinic
17 October 2023
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While the city of Frankfurt and its digital offerings and website were brought to their knees by a DDoS attack a few days ago, there was also a hacker attack on the Uniklink Frankfurt, which then cut off all internet connections and is now barely accessible. A DDoS attack is one of the oldest types of attacks on the Internet, but it is still effective. The city of Frankfurt now also felt this. Their digital systems and homepage were massively overloaded for hours and therefore unavailable. According to various media, the website of Nuremberg and...

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DDoS: Protection against cyberattacks with automated real-time analysis
10 October 2023
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DDoS: Protection against cyberattacks with automated real-time analysis

NETSCOUT has introduced its Adaptive DDoS Protection for its Arbor® Threat Mitigation System (TMS). The system improves the detection of distributed attacks that dynamically change vectors and target numerous IP addresses simultaneously, including carpet bombing. NETSCOUT ASERT, the company's expert security research and DDoS attack defense team, has documented a significant increase in dynamic distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that utilize multiple vectors and techniques to attack botnet-based, direct-to-consumer attacks. To launch path, state exhaustion and application layer attacks. These are designed to bypass traditional static network and cloud-based DDoS defenses. Carpet bombing attacks have increased by more than 110%...

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Adaptive DDoS protection fends off dynamic DDoS attacks
August 25, 2023
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Adaptive DDoS protection fends off dynamic DDoS attacks - Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

DDoS specialist NETSCOUT has released the latest version of Arbor Edge Defense (AED), which includes a new ML-based Adaptive DDoS Protection. This secures companies, reduces risks and costly network downtime. According to NETSCOUT's latest DDoS Threat Intelligence Report, a new breed of dynamic DDoS attacks that leverage multiple vectors and techniques to launch botnet-based, direct-path, state-exhaustion, and application-layer attacks, and designed to bypass conventional static network and cloud-based DDoS mitigation increased significantly. DDoS Attacks Increasingly Dynamic Any company today is seriously at risk if there is no effective DDoS solution in front of…

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DDoS plus 16.800 percent: Pro-Russian Killnet group vs. USA
June 8, 2023
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Attacks by the pro-Russian Killnet group led to a 2022 percent increase in DDoS attacks against the US National Security Sector by the end of 16.815. This is what the ASERT research team reported to NETSCOUT. Linked to the pro-Russian Killnet group, there was a massive 2022 percent spike in DDoS attacks against the US national security sector in the second half of 16.815, with attack spikes recorded on the day US President Biden and French President Macron publicly reaffirmed their support for Ukraine at the G7 summit. Also in Germany it happened...

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DDoS traffic: 436 billion gigabits in one day
10 May 2023
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DDoS traffic: 436 billion gigabits in one day

DDoS attacks continue to be a popular means of cyberattacks. Netscout recorded 436 petabit DDoS traffic in one day, that's 436 billion gigabits! From 2019 to 2022, DDoS attacks increased by almost 500 percent. NETSCOUT presents the results of the 5th Anniversary Edition of the DDoS Threat Intelligence Report, which point to a wave of novel multi-vector attacks. Cyber ​​criminals aim to directly block the digital communication of the target organizations through attacks at the application level and through botnets. Overall, the number of DDoS attacks has increased since the first report in 2005...

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