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TechCrunch: Law enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs. “The FBI said in an alert that First VPN was so popular that ‘at least’ 25 ransomware gangs used the service to hide their malicious activity. Cybercriminals also relied on the VPN to scan the internet, run botnets, launch distributed denial-of-service attacks, and for running scams.”

TechCrunch: Law enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs. “The FBI said in an alert that First VPN was so popular that ‘at least’ 25 ransomware gangs used the service to hide their malicious activity. Cybercriminals also relied on the VPN to scan the internet, run botnets, launch distributed denial-of-service attacks, and for running scams.”

Associated Press: Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools. “Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world Friday regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline, throwing schools and universities into turmoil.”

Associated Press: Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools. “Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world Friday regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline, throwing schools and universities into turmoil.”

Associated Press: Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools. “Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world Friday regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline, throwing schools and universities into turmoil.”

Associated Press: Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools. “Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world Friday regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline, throwing schools and universities into turmoil.”

Associated Press: Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools. “Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world Friday regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline, throwing schools and universities into turmoil.”

Pro-Iran Hackers Extort Canonical with Sustained DDoS Attacks

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is battling a relentless cyber assault, with its website crippled by a sustained Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that has left its main site inaccessible. The Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq, also known as 313 Team, has claimed responsibility for the attack.

https://osintsights.com/pro-iran-hackers-extort-canonical-with-sustained-ddos-attacks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#DistributedDenialOfService #DdosAttacks #ProiranHackers #TheIslamicCyberResistanceInIraq #313Team

TechCrunch: Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack. “Mastodon’s flagship server was hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack on Monday, the social networking software maker said, which rendered the instance unusable at times. Much of the site was inaccessible, throwing error messages or displaying a full-screen outage warning.”

TechCrunch: Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack. “Mastodon’s flagship server was hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack on Monday, the social networking software maker said, which rendered the instance unusable at times. Much of the site was inaccessible, throwing error messages or displaying a full-screen outage warning.”

TechCrunch: Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack. “Mastodon’s flagship server was hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack on Monday, the social networking software maker said, which rendered the instance unusable at times. Much of the site was inaccessible, throwing error messages or displaying a full-screen outage warning.”

TechCrunch: Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack. “Mastodon’s flagship server was hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack on Monday, the social networking software maker said, which rendered the instance unusable at times. Much of the site was inaccessible, throwing error messages or displaying a full-screen outage warning.”

TechCrunch: Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack. “Mastodon’s flagship server was hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack on Monday, the social networking software maker said, which rendered the instance unusable at times. Much of the site was inaccessible, throwing error messages or displaying a full-screen outage warning.”

European police email 75,000 people asking them to stop DDoS attacks

A coalition of global law enforcement agencies have sent emails to more than 75,000 alleged cybercriminals who paid…
#Europe #EU #Cybercrime #cybersecurity #ddos #DDoSattacks #distributeddenial-of-service #European #Europol #InBrief #Lawenforcement
https://www.europesays.com/europe/15805/

Cybersecurity in an Age of Geopolitical Fracture

3rd Party Risk Management , Critical Infrastructure S…
#Politics #criticalinfrastructuresecurity #CyberEspionage #cyberresilience #cyberrisk #cyberwarfare #Cybersecurity #DDoSattacks #digitalinfrastructure #DISINFORMATION #geopolitics #hacktivism #Hybridwarfare #incidentresponse #informationwarfare #nation-stateactors #phishingattacks #riskmanagement #state-sponsoredattacks #Supplychainsecurity #threatlandscape
https://www.europesays.com/2917512/

Cybersecurity in an Age of Geopolitical Fracture https://www.byteseu.com/1936975/ #CriticalInfrastructureSecurity #CyberEspionage #CyberResilience #CyberRisk #CyberWarfare #cybersecurity #DDoSAttacks #DigitalInfrastructure #Disinformation #Geopolitics #hacktivism #HybridWarfare #IncidentResponse #InformationWarfare #NationStateActors #PhishingAttacks #RiskManagement #StateSponsoredAttacks #SupplyChainSecurity #ThreatLandscape

Who Is Dark Storm? The Threat Actor European Security Teams Can’t Ignore https://thecyberexpress.com/dark-storm-threat-actor-profile/ #CybleCyberThreatIntelligencePlatform #CyberThreatIntelligencePlatform #governmentagenciesinEurope #proRussianhacktivistgroup #hacktivistalliances #cyberadversaries #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #ThreatActors #DDoSattacks #ThreatActor #CyberNews

Who Is Dark Storm? The Threat Actor European Security Teams Can’t Ignore https://thecyberexpress.com/dark-storm-threat-actor-profile/ #CybleCyberThreatIntelligencePlatform #CyberThreatIntelligencePlatform #governmentagenciesinEurope #proRussianhacktivistgroup #hacktivistalliances #cyberadversaries #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #ThreatActors #DDoSattacks #ThreatActor #CyberNews

Who Is Dark Storm? The Threat Actor European Security Teams Can’t Ignore https://thecyberexpress.com/dark-storm-threat-actor-profile/ #CybleCyberThreatIntelligencePlatform #CyberThreatIntelligencePlatform #governmentagenciesinEurope #proRussianhacktivistgroup #hacktivistalliances #cyberadversaries #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #ThreatActors #DDoSattacks #ThreatActor #CyberNews

Who Is Dark Storm? The Threat Actor European Security Teams Can’t Ignore https://thecyberexpress.com/dark-storm-threat-actor-profile/ #CybleCyberThreatIntelligencePlatform #CyberThreatIntelligencePlatform #governmentagenciesinEurope #proRussianhacktivistgroup #hacktivistalliances #cyberadversaries #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #ThreatActors #DDoSattacks #ThreatActor #CyberNews

40 seconds, 22.2 Tbps, and a botnet of 300,000 hijacked devices—enough chaos to stream a million 4K videos at once. How did Cloudflare turn this digital assault into a masterclass in defense? Dive into the story.

https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/understanding-and-mitigating-modern-ddos-attacks-lessons-from-the-222-tbps-incident/

#ddosattacks
#cloudflare
#cybersecurity
#botnet
#iotsecurity

40 seconds, 22.2 Tbps, and a botnet of 300,000 hijacked devices—enough chaos to stream a million 4K videos at once. How did Cloudflare turn this digital assault into a masterclass in defense? Dive into the story.

https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/understanding-and-mitigating-modern-ddos-attacks-lessons-from-the-222-tbps-incident/

#ddosattacks
#cloudflare
#cybersecurity
#botnet
#iotsecurity

40 seconds, 22.2 Tbps, and a botnet of 300,000 hijacked devices—enough chaos to stream a million 4K videos at once. How did Cloudflare turn this digital assault into a masterclass in defense? Dive into the story.

https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/understanding-and-mitigating-modern-ddos-attacks-lessons-from-the-222-tbps-incident/

#ddosattacks
#cloudflare
#cybersecurity
#botnet
#iotsecurity

For some reason a LOT of Microsoft-tagged (whois) IPs are **very** interested in the query "IN ANY fysh.org".

I'm seeing *thousands* of TCP connections to the name server at once, all for that same query.

I'm still going through the list of IPs from about 30 minutes ago, but so far whois is mostly saying "Microsoft", sometimes with a "cloud" tag. There's one bunch of Google in there too, but for all I know they're just because the MSFT ones are causing a lot of:

named[2218860]: Accepting TCP connection failed: quota reached

So, are Microsoft cloud IPs known to do something like this, perhaps some web scraper gone wrong? Or is someone leveraging Azure for some sort of DoS attack ? It's not *incredibly* effective if so, no immediate sign of other issues with fysh.org services, but I've not gotten to checking that in detail yet.

#infosec #ddos #DDoSAttacks #microsoft #cloud #azure

For some reason a LOT of Microsoft-tagged (whois) IPs are **very** interested in the query "IN ANY fysh.org".

I'm seeing *thousands* of TCP connections to the name server at once, all for that same query.

I'm still going through the list of IPs from about 30 minutes ago, but so far whois is mostly saying "Microsoft", sometimes with a "cloud" tag. There's one bunch of Google in there too, but for all I know they're just because the MSFT ones are causing a lot of:

named[2218860]: Accepting TCP connection failed: quota reached

So, are Microsoft cloud IPs known to do something like this, perhaps some web scraper gone wrong? Or is someone leveraging Azure for some sort of DoS attack ? It's not *incredibly* effective if so, no immediate sign of other issues with fysh.org services, but I've not gotten to checking that in detail yet.

#infosec #ddos #DDoSAttacks #microsoft #cloud #azure

For some reason a LOT of Microsoft-tagged (whois) IPs are **very** interested in the query "IN ANY fysh.org".

I'm seeing *thousands* of TCP connections to the name server at once, all for that same query.

I'm still going through the list of IPs from about 30 minutes ago, but so far whois is mostly saying "Microsoft", sometimes with a "cloud" tag. There's one bunch of Google in there too, but for all I know they're just because the MSFT ones are causing a lot of:

named[2218860]: Accepting TCP connection failed: quota reached

So, are Microsoft cloud IPs known to do something like this, perhaps some web scraper gone wrong? Or is someone leveraging Azure for some sort of DoS attack ? It's not *incredibly* effective if so, no immediate sign of other issues with fysh.org services, but I've not gotten to checking that in detail yet.

#infosec #ddos #DDoSAttacks #microsoft #cloud #azure

For some reason a LOT of Microsoft-tagged (whois) IPs are **very** interested in the query "IN ANY fysh.org".

I'm seeing *thousands* of TCP connections to the name server at once, all for that same query.

I'm still going through the list of IPs from about 30 minutes ago, but so far whois is mostly saying "Microsoft", sometimes with a "cloud" tag. There's one bunch of Google in there too, but for all I know they're just because the MSFT ones are causing a lot of:

named[2218860]: Accepting TCP connection failed: quota reached

So, are Microsoft cloud IPs known to do something like this, perhaps some web scraper gone wrong? Or is someone leveraging Azure for some sort of DoS attack ? It's not *incredibly* effective if so, no immediate sign of other issues with fysh.org services, but I've not gotten to checking that in detail yet.

#infosec #ddos #DDoSAttacks #microsoft #cloud #azure

Cloudflare just stopped an 11.5 Tbps DDoS attack—a jump from 3.8 Tbps that's rewriting the playbook on cyber warfare. Want to see how tech and tactics are evolving in real time?

https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/the-evolution-of-ddos-attacks-from-38-tbps-to-115-tbps/

#ddosattacks
#cybersecurity
#cloudflare
#networksecurity
#iotsecurity

Cloudflare just stopped an 11.5 Tbps DDoS attack—a jump from 3.8 Tbps that's rewriting the playbook on cyber warfare. Want to see how tech and tactics are evolving in real time?

https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/the-evolution-of-ddos-attacks-from-38-tbps-to-115-tbps/

#ddosattacks
#cybersecurity
#cloudflare
#networksecurity
#iotsecurity

Cloudflare just stopped an 11.5 Tbps DDoS attack—a jump from 3.8 Tbps that's rewriting the playbook on cyber warfare. Want to see how tech and tactics are evolving in real time?

https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/the-evolution-of-ddos-attacks-from-38-tbps-to-115-tbps/

#ddosattacks
#cybersecurity
#cloudflare
#networksecurity
#iotsecurity

Cloudflare just stopped an 11.5 Tbps DDoS attack—a jump from 3.8 Tbps that's rewriting the playbook on cyber warfare. Want to see how tech and tactics are evolving in real time?

https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/the-evolution-of-ddos-attacks-from-38-tbps-to-115-tbps/

#ddosattacks
#cybersecurity
#cloudflare
#networksecurity
#iotsecurity

Krebs on Security: Oregon Man Charged in ‘Rapper Bot’ DDoS Service. “On August 6, 2025, federal agents arrested Ethan J. Foltz of Springfield, Ore. on suspicion of operating Rapper Bot, a globally dispersed collection of tens of thousands of hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The complaint against Foltz explains the attacks usually clocked in at more than two terabits of junk data per […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/20/krebs-on-security-oregon-man-charged-in-rapper-bot-ddos-service/

Krebs on Security: Oregon Man Charged in ‘Rapper Bot’ DDoS Service. “On August 6, 2025, federal agents arrested Ethan J. Foltz of Springfield, Ore. on suspicion of operating Rapper Bot, a globally dispersed collection of tens of thousands of hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The complaint against Foltz explains the attacks usually clocked in at more than two terabits of junk data per […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/20/krebs-on-security-oregon-man-charged-in-rapper-bot-ddos-service/

‘Operation Eastwood’ Dismantles Pro-Russian DDoS Group NoName057 https://dailydarkweb.net/operation-eastwood-dismantles-pro-russian-ddos-group-noname057/ #CriticalInfrastructure #DarkWebNews&Services #OperationEastwood #proRussianhackers #CyberSecurity #DDoSattacks #hacktivism #MostWanted #NoName057 #Europol #Ukraine #Russia #Italy

‘Operation Eastwood’ Dismantles Pro-Russian DDoS Group NoName057 https://dailydarkweb.net/operation-eastwood-dismantles-pro-russian-ddos-group-noname057/ #CriticalInfrastructure #DarkWebNews&Services #OperationEastwood #proRussianhackers #CyberSecurity #DDoSattacks #hacktivism #MostWanted #NoName057 #Europol #Ukraine #Russia #Italy

‘Operation Eastwood’ Dismantles Pro-Russian DDoS Group NoName057 https://dailydarkweb.net/operation-eastwood-dismantles-pro-russian-ddos-group-noname057/ #CriticalInfrastructure #DarkWebNews&Services #OperationEastwood #proRussianhackers #CyberSecurity #DDoSattacks #hacktivism #MostWanted #NoName057 #Europol #Ukraine #Russia #Italy

‘Operation Eastwood’ Dismantles Pro-Russian DDoS Group NoName057 https://dailydarkweb.net/operation-eastwood-dismantles-pro-russian-ddos-group-noname057/ #CriticalInfrastructure #DarkWebNews&Services #OperationEastwood #proRussianhackers #CyberSecurity #DDoSattacks #hacktivism #MostWanted #NoName057 #Europol #Ukraine #Russia #Italy

310: CI You Later, Manual Testing “Not today, Satan” - Cloudflare blocked a 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack. 37.4 TB in 45 seconds? That’s not a cyberattack; that’s the internet trying to yeet itself into oblivion. Want to hear about it? Episode 310 of The Cloud Pod, out now! #TheCloudPod #Ddosattacks #maytheoddsbeeverinyourfavor https://www.thecloudpod.net/?p=21134

310: CI You Later, Manual Testing “Not today, Satan” - Cloudflare blocked a 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack. 37.4 TB in 45 seconds? That’s not a cyberattack; that’s the internet trying to yeet itself into oblivion. Want to hear about it? Episode 310 of The Cloud Pod, out now! #TheCloudPod #Ddosattacks #maytheoddsbeeverinyourfavor https://www.thecloudpod.net/?p=21134

310: CI You Later, Manual Testing “Not today, Satan” - Cloudflare blocked a 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack. 37.4 TB in 45 seconds? That’s not a cyberattack; that’s the internet trying to yeet itself into oblivion. Want to hear about it? Episode 310 of The Cloud Pod, out now! #TheCloudPod #Ddosattacks #maytheoddsbeeverinyourfavor https://www.thecloudpod.net/?p=21134

310: CI You Later, Manual Testing “Not today, Satan” - Cloudflare blocked a 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack. 37.4 TB in 45 seconds? That’s not a cyberattack; that’s the internet trying to yeet itself into oblivion. Want to hear about it? Episode 310 of The Cloud Pod, out now! #TheCloudPod #Ddosattacks #maytheoddsbeeverinyourfavor https://www.thecloudpod.net/?p=21134

310: CI You Later, Manual Testing “Not today, Satan” - Cloudflare blocked a 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack. 37.4 TB in 45 seconds? That’s not a cyberattack; that’s the internet trying to yeet itself into oblivion. Want to hear about it? Episode 310 of The Cloud Pod, out now! #TheCloudPod #Ddosattacks #maytheoddsbeeverinyourfavor https://www.thecloudpod.net/?p=21134

310: CI You Later, Manual Testing “Not today, Satan” - Cloudflare blocked a 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack. 37.4 TB in 45 seconds? That’s not a cyberattack; that’s the internet trying to yeet itself into oblivion. Want to hear about it? Episode 310 of The Cloud Pod, out now! #TheCloudPod #Ddosattacks #maytheoddsbeeverinyourfavor https://www.thecloudpod.net/?p=21134

310: CI You Later, Manual Testing “Not today, Satan” - Cloudflare blocked a 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack. 37.4 TB in 45 seconds? That’s not a cyberattack; that’s the internet trying to yeet itself into oblivion. Want to hear about it? Episode 310 of The Cloud Pod, out now! #TheCloudPod #Ddosattacks #maytheoddsbeeverinyourfavor https://www.thecloudpod.net/?p=21134

310: CI You Later, Manual Testing “Not today, Satan” - Cloudflare blocked a 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack. 37.4 TB in 45 seconds? That’s not a cyberattack; that’s the internet trying to yeet itself into oblivion. Want to hear about it? Episode 310 of The Cloud Pod, out now! #TheCloudPod #Ddosattacks #maytheoddsbeeverinyourfavor https://www.thecloudpod.net/?p=21134

310: CI You Later, Manual Testing “Not today, Satan” - Cloudflare blocked a 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack. 37.4 TB in 45 seconds? That’s not a cyberattack; that’s the internet trying to yeet itself into oblivion. Want to hear about it? Episode 310 of The Cloud Pod, out now! #TheCloudPod #Ddosattacks #maytheoddsbeeverinyourfavor https://www.thecloudpod.net/?p=21134

310: CI You Later, Manual Testing “Not today, Satan” - Cloudflare blocked a 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack. 37.4 TB in 45 seconds? That’s not a cyberattack; that’s the internet trying to yeet itself into oblivion. Want to hear about it? Episode 310 of The Cloud Pod, out now! #TheCloudPod #Ddosattacks #maytheoddsbeeverinyourfavor https://www.thecloudpod.net/?p=21134

Ars Technica: Record DDoS pummels site with once-unimaginable 7.3Tbps of junk traffic. “Large-scale attacks designed to bring down Internet services by sending them more traffic than they can process keep getting bigger, with the largest one yet, measured at 7.3 terabits per second, being reported Friday by Internet security and performance provider Cloudflare.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/22/ars-technica-record-ddos-pummels-site-with-once-unimaginable-7-3tbps-of-junk-traffic/

Ars Technica: Record DDoS pummels site with once-unimaginable 7.3Tbps of junk traffic. “Large-scale attacks designed to bring down Internet services by sending them more traffic than they can process keep getting bigger, with the largest one yet, measured at 7.3 terabits per second, being reported Friday by Internet security and performance provider Cloudflare.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/22/ars-technica-record-ddos-pummels-site-with-once-unimaginable-7-3tbps-of-junk-traffic/

Krebs on Security: KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS. “KrebsOnSecurity last week was hit by a near record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that clocked in at more than 6.3 terabits of data per second (a terabit is one trillion bits of data). The brief attack appears to have been a test run for a massive new Internet of Things (IoT) botnet capable of launching […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/krebs-on-security-krebsonsecurity-hit-with-near-record-6-3-tbps-ddos/