Cloudflare is celebrating the tenth anniversary of Project Galileo, a free offering to protect at-risk public interest groups from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and keep them online. These vulnerable targets can include minority rights organisations, human rights defenders, independent journalists, and democracy protection programmes. To mark the anniversary, Cloudflare isRead More…

FS-ISAC, the member-driven, not-for-profit organization that advances cybersecurity and resilience in the global financial system, and Akamai Technologies  have released new research on the surge of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks threatening the financial services sector and its customers. The report, DDoS: Here to Stay, revealed that more than one-third (35%) ofRead More…

Kaspersky has released a new report delving into the evolving threats targeting the Internet of Things (IoT) sector. The research uncovered a thriving underground economy on the dark web focused on IoT-related services, particularly for DDoS attacks. With IoT devices, such as routers and smart home components, projected to exceed 29 billion byRead More…

Cloudflare has announced its 2023 Q2 DDoS report. This report includes insights and trends about the DDoS threat landscape as observed across the global Cloudflare network. The DDoS landscape: a look at global patterns The second quarter of 2023 was characterized by thought-out, tailored and persistent waves of DDoS attackRead More…

Cloudflare has announced its 2023 Q1 DDoS report. This report includes insights and trends about the DDoS threat landscape — as observed across the global Cloudflare network. Threat actors kicked off 2023 with a bang. The start of the year was characterised by a series of hacktivist campaigns against WesternRead More…

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS has announced findings from its 5th Anniversary DDoS Threat Intelligence Report that point to a new era of multi-vector attacks focused on taking down victims using application-layer and botnet-based, direct-path attacks. Attack frequency has increased tenfold since NETSCOUT’s first report in 2005. With over one billion websites worldwide,Read More…