You are Not Alone, ChatGPT is Down

ChatGPT Outage: Service Down on Jan 23, 2025. Learn about the potential causes DDoS or technical glitch and…...

Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Devices

Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare on Tuesday said it detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second Tbps distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack, the largest ever attack to be reported to date. The UDP protocol-based attack took place on October 29, 2024, targeting one of its...

Authorities Shut Down 27 DDoS-for-Hire Platforms, Arrest 3 Admins

Just in time for the holidays!...

What To Do When You’re Under a DDoS Attack: A Guide to Action

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Europol Dismantles 27 DDoS Attack Platforms Across 15 Nations; Admins Arrested

A global law enforcement operation has failed 27 stresser services that were used to conduct distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks and took them offline as part of a multi-year international exercise called PowerOFF. The effort, coordinated by Europol and involving 15 countries, dismantled...

CVE-2024-51500 Failure to check for packets from the broadcast address allows potential DDoS amplification attack in Meshtastic firmware

Meshtastic firmware is a device firmware for the Meshtastic project. The Meshtastic firmware does not check for packets claiming to be from the special broadcast address 0xFFFFFFFF which could result in unexpected behavior and potential for DDoS attacks on the network. A malicious actor could cra...

Internet Archive attackers email support users: “Your data is now in the hands of some random guy”

Those who hacked the Internet Archive haven't gone away. Users of the Internet Archive who have submitted helpdesk tickets are reporting replies to the tickets from the hackers themselves. Internet Archive, most known for its Wayback Machine, is a digital library that allows users to look at...

How Americaneagle.com Thwarted a Massive DNS DDoS Attack with Akamai Shield NS53

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Internet Archive suffers data breach and DDoS

A non-profit that benefits millions of people has fallen victim to a data breach and a DDoS attack. Internet Archive, most known for its Wayback Machine, is a digital library that allows users to look at website snapshots from the past. It is often used for academic research and data analysis...

THN Cybersecurity Recap: Top Threats and Trends (Sep 30 - Oct 6)

Ever heard of a "pig butchering" scam? Or a DDoS attack so big it could melt your brain? This week's cybersecurity recap has it all – government showdowns, sneaky malware, and even a dash of app store shenanigans. Get the scoop before it's too late! ⚡ Threat of the Week Double Trouble: Evil Corp&...

Cloudflare Mitigates Record Breaking 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack

Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare fends off a massive 3.8 Tbps DDoS attack, surpassing the previous record. Learn how…...

Cloudflare Thwarts Largest-Ever 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack Targeting Global Sectors

Cloudflare has disclosed that it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack that peaked at 3.8 terabits per second Tbps and lasted 65 seconds. The web infrastructure and security company said it fended off "over one hundred hyper-volumetric L3/4 DDoS attacks throughout...

PT-2024-6501

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CUPS cups-browsed versions 2.0.1 and earlier Description The cups-browsed component of the Common Unix Printing System CUPS, which handles network printer discovery, binds to INADDR ANY:631. This configuration causes the service to trust packe...

ROS-20240918-06

Vulnerability of DNS-server Unbound is related to the possibility of forming a pulse stream of a large number of requests to the server using responses from DNS resolvers. DNS server Unbound vulnerability is related to the possibility of generating a pulse flow of a large number of requests to th...

Akamai Prevents DDoS Attack on Major U.S. Customer

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Akamai Blocked 419 TB of Malicious Traffic in a 24-Hour DDoS Attack

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Hackers Exploit Misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks with Repurposed Minecraft DDoS Tool

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack campaign targeting misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks. The activity, codenamed Panamorfi by cloud security firm Aqua, utilizes a Java-based tool called mineping to launch a TCP flood DDoS attack...

New Panamorfi DDoS Attack Exploits Misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks

"Panamorfi," a new DDoS attack, exploits Discord, Minecraft, and Jupyter Notebooks. Cybersecurity researchers warn of this threat targeting…...

17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K.

Law enforcement officials in the U.K. have arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall who is suspected to be a member of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime syndicate. The arrest was made "in connection with a global cyber online crime group which has been targeting large organizations with...

New Mirai Botnet Variants Observed: How to Identify a Mirai-Style DDoS Attack

The Mirai Internet of Things IoT botnet, notorious for targeting connected household devices like cameras, alarm systems, and personal routers, continues evolving and poses significant cybersecurity threats. It has a history of executing massive DDoS attacks, including a major incident that...