DDoS stories

While open banking benefits banks, fintechs, and consumers, its promise to deliver innovative services and spur competition does not come without security cautions.>>

Ransom DDoS attacks increased by 29% YoY and 175% QoQ in the last quarter 2021, according to new research from Cloudfare.>>

Four out of five organisations are increasing cybersecurity budgets for 2022. While half of security decision-makers say the cyber skills gap will significantly impact their 2022 strategy.>>

 Sophisticated cyber attacks expose glaring vulnerabilities in A/NZ financial C-suite>>

The attack, which lasted several hours and traffic had more than 44,000 unique sources, occurred just as NSS was preparing to spin out of Neustar to become a standalone company.>>

There were a record number of cyberattacks over Black Friday weekend, with companies facing a flood of DDoS attacks, according to new research from IT security provider, Link11.>>

Cybercriminals continue to take advantage of increased online interactions and transactions, launching a staggering 5.4 million DDoS attacks from January to June 2021.>>

"DDoS attacks are rampant, and the frequency doesn't seem to be slowing down.">>

DDoS attacks are a more serious threat in Q3 2021 than ever before. The flood of attacks is constant and the incidents prove to be bandwidth-intensive and complex.>>

"We have seen the cryptomining and DDoS attack groups competing for resources, since many of the same botnets used for DDoS attacks can be used for cryptomining.">>

Radware’s director of threat intelligence, Pascal Geenens, says in the first nine months of 2021 there were more blocked attacks than there were in the entirety of 2020.>>

"The impact of phantom flood attacks should not be underestimated. They can cause major disruption to the customer experience when they go undetected.">>

"The motivations behind these huge attacks are unclear at this point.">>

Cyberattacks continue to have a dramatic impact on private and public organisations and governments worldwide.>>

As more essential services are delivered digitally, availability becomes the most pressing concern, writes Cisco ThousandEyes solutions architect Mike Hicks.>>

This is likely due to the region's acceleration of DevOps programs and practices during COVID.>>

Internet infrastructure provider Vocus has confirmed it was hit with a DDoS attack which took its internet down for about an hour today, affecting people across the country.>>

The pandemic has driven large scale growth in online banking, dramatically increasing the volume of sensitive customer data that’s available to steal, Imperva states.>>

Research finds RDDoS attacks are a more significant threat to organisations than ransomware.>>

Radware’s North America vice president Bob Simpson says that there has been a rapid shift to cloud - and more sophisticated cyber attacks to go with it.>>

Scammers have been looking for ways to amplify DDoS attacks.>>

"The window between the disclosing and weaponising of new vulnerabilities is getting very slim.">>

"This is the first time we are seeing the bad actors selectively target organisations and favour those with unprotected assets for their ransom letters.">>

A new wave of DDoS extortion campaigns by Fancy Lazarus has been identified by Link11.>>