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Cloudflare detects and mitigates largest-ever HTTPS DDoS attack

By Duncan Riley | Jun 14 2022

Content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. revealed today that it has managed to detect and mitigate a 26 million-request-per-second distributed denial-of-service attack, the largest such attack on record for HTTPS, a secure way to send a web server and a browser. The strike, which took place last week, targeted a customer website using [...]

Ukrainian websites knocked offline in massive DDoS attack

By Duncan Riley | Feb 23 2022

Government and private websites in Ukraine have been knocked offline in a massive distributed denial-of-service attack as Russian troops move into contested areas in the east of the country. Websites knocked offline included the Ukraine Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defense and Internal Affairs, the Ukraine Security Service and the Cabinet on Ministers. [...]

Netscout threat report identifies rise in DDoS attacks and increased criminal agility

By Mark Albertson | Nov 3 2021

Netscout Systems Inc. recently released its biannual “Threat Intelligence Report,” and the findings offered a sobering assessment of a cybersecurity landscape under siege. One key trend worth noting was that distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks are on pace to eclipse last year’s record of 10 million. These attacks send multiple requests [...]

ServiceMax to go public at $1.4B valuation by merging with blank-check company

By Maria Deutscher | Jul 16 2021

ServiceMax Inc., whose cloud services are used by companies such as General Electric Co. to maintain industrial equipment, is set to go public at a $1.4 billion valuation. The company announced the upcoming listing late Thursday. ServiceMax will float its shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange by merging with a special-purpose acquisition [...]

Cybersecurity provider IronNet to go public by merging with blank-check company

By Maria Deutscher | Mar 15 2021

IronNet Cybersecurity Inc. today announced plans to merge with LGL Systems Acquisition Corp., a blank-check company, in a deal that will see the cybersecurity provider become publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The pro forma enterprise value of IronNet following the merger is expected to be $927 million. That implies [...]

New botnet targets Android devices to facilitate DDoS attacks

By Duncan Riley | Feb 4 2021

A new botnet has been discovered in the wild that targets Android devices to facilitate distributed denial-of-service attacks. Discovered and detailed Tuesday by researchers at Qihoo 360 Netlab, the botnet was first detected on Jan. 26. It was initially believed to be an outbreak of the infamous Mirai botnet, but further investigation found that [...]

Lidar startup Aeva raises $200M more ahead of SPAC blank-check merger

By Mike Wheatley | Jan 4 2021

Aeva Inc., a startup that develops lidar-based technology for autonomous vehicles, said Monday that the amount it plans to raise when it goes public via a “blank-check” merger planned later this year has increased by $200 million. A Hong Kong-based hedge fund called Sylebra Capital Management will invest that amount into Aeva, [...]

Citrix warns of active DDoS attack targeting its Application Delivery Controllers

By Duncan Riley | Dec 24 2020

Citrix Systems Inc. has issued a threat advisory over a distributed denial-of-service attack that’s actively targeting Citrix Application Delivery Controllers. The campaign involves overwhelming the Citrix ADB Datagram Transport Layer Security network throughput to cause outbound bandwidth exhaustion that can result in potential outages. The effect of the attack is said to be [...]

Google launches Cloud Armor Adaptive Protection to prevent DDoS attacks

By Mike Wheatley | Nov 18 2020

Google LLC said today it’s advancing intelligent automation within its cloud network security controls as part of its ongoing mission to shore up its customers’ defenses. One of the biggest threats that many businesses face today is distributed denial-of-service attacks on their infrastructure. They’re designed to take websites and applications offline by [...]

30,000 DDoS attacks a day … and rising: NetScout’s first threat report of 2020 shows ‘ongoing onslaught’ to the network

By Betsy Amy-Vogt | Sep 29 2020

Distributed denial of service events, known as DDoS attacks, are old school when it comes to cyber threats. But that doesn’t mean that they’re obsolete. Slowing down or crashing devices by overwhelming systems with incoming requests is still high on cyber criminals’ “to-do” lists. And as 2020 drives work, school and socialization online, [...]

115 results for ddos/about:blank

Cloudflare detects and mitigates largest-ever HTTPS DDoS attack

Ukrainian websites knocked offline in massive DDoS attack

Netscout threat report identifies rise in DDoS attacks and increased criminal agility

Cybersecurity provider IronNet to go public by merging with blank-check company

New botnet targets Android devices to facilitate DDoS attacks

Lidar startup Aeva raises $200M more ahead of SPAC blank-check merger

Citrix warns of active DDoS attack targeting its Application Delivery Controllers

30,000 DDoS attacks a day … and rising: NetScout’s first threat report of 2020 shows ‘ongoing onslaught’ to the network

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