HTTPBot, first spotted in the wild in August 2024, gets its name from the use of HTTP protocols to launch distributed ...

Europol dismantled six DDoS-for-hire services, arrested four, seized nine domains—disrupting attacks since 2022.

For many years, the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) threat landscape revolved around reflection/amplification attacks ...

As we enter 2025, the threat landscape continues to evolve, with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks growing in both scale and sophistication. So far this year, we’ve already seen several ...

Anyproxy and 5socks proxy services powered by devices ensnared by a botnet have been disrupted in a law enforcement operation.

U.S. authorities indicted three Russians and one Kazakhstan national for hacking and selling access to a botnet made of ...

The previous record, also reported by Cloudflare, was a 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack attributed to a Mirai-based botnet comprising 13,000 devices. The latest attack was a test run targeting the actor's ...

Law enforcement has dismantled a major DDoS-for-hire operation, and arrested four individuals suspected of running it.

As the world roils in turmoil on numerous fronts, bad actors are seizing the moment by stepping up DDoS activity.

The difference between usual DDoS botnets and stresser/booter services ... which is why law enforcement usually shuts them down. Largest DDoS attack of 2025 so far was triggered by Alexander ...