#ddosattacks — Public Fediverse posts

🚨 Ah, the noble Norwegian government, valiantly fighting off DDoS attacks with their trusty "Subscribe to Updates" button and an OTP system that works as well as a chocolate teapot. 🤦‍♂️ Perhaps they should consider a strategic partnership with #Google #reCAPTCHA to keep their emoji status alerts up to date. 🛡️
https://status.digdir.no/incidents/d7hvqmf2yr3l #NorwegianGovernment #DDoSattacks #cybersecurity #techfail #HackerNews #ngated

🚨 Ah, the noble Norwegian government, valiantly fighting off DDoS attacks with their trusty "Subscribe to Updates" button and an OTP system that works as well as a chocolate teapot. 🤦‍♂️ Perhaps they should consider a strategic partnership with #Google #reCAPTCHA to keep their emoji status alerts up to date. 🛡️
https://status.digdir.no/incidents/d7hvqmf2yr3l #NorwegianGovernment #DDoSattacks #cybersecurity #techfail #HackerNews #ngated

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.”

US Charges Suspected Kimwolf Botnet Admin in Global Crackdown

In a major global crackdown, 23-year-old Jacob Butler, aka "Dort", has been arrested in Ottawa and charged with running the notorious KimWolf botnet, which infected nearly 2 million devices and fueled some of the largest DDoS attacks on record. Butler now faces extradition to the US and serious consequences for…

https://osintsights.com/us-charges-suspected-kimwolf-botnet-admin-in-global-crackdown?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#KimwolfBotnet #DdosAttacks #BotnetAdministration #EmergingThreats #DistributedDenialOfService

Botmaster 'Dort' Arrested in Canada, Charged in US Over Kimwolf Botnet

A 23-year-old Canadian man, known online as "Dort," has been arrested and charged for masterminding the massive Kimwolf botnet, which was linked to record-breaking DDoS attacks of nearly 30 Terabits per second. The suspect, Jacob Butler, is now in custody awaiting an initial court hearing.

https://osintsights.com/botmaster-dort-arrested-in-canada-charged-in-us-over-kimwolf-botnet?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#KimwolfBotnet #DdosAttacks #Botmaster #EmergingThreats #Canada

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.”

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

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

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

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/

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/

In #Newsletter358 from #Cybercrimeinfo, you’ll read about #CybercrimeAsAService, the role of #AI in #Cyberwarfare, the impact of the #NIS2 directive, the rise in #DDoSattacks, new #Darkweb trends, and support through smart #AIchatbots like #CyberWijzer and #RechtRaadgever. ➡️ https://www-ccinfo-nl.translate.goog/menu-nieuws-trends/nieuwsbrief-archief/nieuwsbrief-berichten/2405495_nieuwsbrief-358-cybercrimeinfo-ccinfo-nl?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=wapp

ZDNet: X outages reportedly caused by massive cyberattack. “Social media platform X was reportedly hit by a massive cyberattack on Monday, causing intermittent outages. While owner Elon Musk has cited the attack as the cause, a hacking group known as Dark Storm Team has claimed responsibility.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/11/zdnet-x-outages-reportedly-caused-by-massive-cyberattack/

ZDNet: X outages reportedly caused by massive cyberattack. “Social media platform X was reportedly hit by a massive cyberattack on Monday, causing intermittent outages. While owner Elon Musk has cited the attack as the cause, a hacking group known as Dark Storm Team has claimed responsibility.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/11/zdnet-x-outages-reportedly-caused-by-massive-cyberattack/

Ars Technica: Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes. “A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering what is likely to be the biggest denial-of-service attack ever seen, a security researcher inside Nokia said.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/08/ars-technica-massive-botnet-that-appeared-overnight-is-delivering-record-size-ddoses/

Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes - A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams a... - https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/massive-botnet-that-appeared-overnight-is-delivering-record-size-ddoses/ #distributeddenialofserviceattacks #internetofthings #uncategorized #ddosattacks #security #botnets #biz&it

Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes - A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams a... - https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/massive-botnet-that-appeared-overnight-is-delivering-record-size-ddoses/ #distributeddenialofserviceattacks #internetofthings #uncategorized #ddosattacks #security #botnets #biz&it

Mashable: Deepseek AI says ‘large-scale, malicious’ cyberattack is limiting registration. “DeepSeek AI, the hottest name in generative AI right now, says it’s weathering ‘large-scale malicious attacks’ after becoming the most-downloaded app on Apple’s App Store, overtaking OpenAI’s ChatGPT in the process.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/28/mashable-deepseek-ai-says-large-scale-malicious-cyberattack-is-limiting-registration/

Mashable: Deepseek AI says ‘large-scale, malicious’ cyberattack is limiting registration. “DeepSeek AI, the hottest name in generative AI right now, says it’s weathering ‘large-scale malicious attacks’ after becoming the most-downloaded app on Apple’s App Store, overtaking OpenAI’s ChatGPT in the process.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/28/mashable-deepseek-ai-says-large-scale-malicious-cyberattack-is-limiting-registration/

How to Stop Layer 7 DDoS Attacks in 2025 – Source: securityboulevard.com https://ciso2ciso.com/how-to-stop-layer-7-ddos-attacks-in-2025-source-securityboulevard-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #SecurityBloggersNetwork #Bot&FraudProtection #CyberSecurityNews #SecurityBoulevard #ddosattacks #Layer7DDoS

How to Stop Layer 7 DDoS Attacks in 2025 – Source: securityboulevard.com https://ciso2ciso.com/how-to-stop-layer-7-ddos-attacks-in-2025-source-securityboulevard-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #SecurityBloggersNetwork #Bot&FraudProtection #CyberSecurityNews #SecurityBoulevard #ddosattacks #Layer7DDoS

ChatGPT Crawler Vulnerability Let Attackers Trigger DDoS Attack On Any Websites https://cybersecuritynews.com/chatgpt-crawler-vulnerability/ #VulnerabilityManagement #CyberSecurityNews #VulnerabilityNews #cybersecurity #DDoSAttacks #DDOS

ChatGPT Crawler Vulnerability Let Attackers Trigger DDoS Attack On Any Websites https://cybersecuritynews.com/chatgpt-crawler-vulnerability/ #VulnerabilityManagement #CyberSecurityNews #VulnerabilityNews #cybersecurity #DDoSAttacks #DDOS

Mirai Botnet Variant Exploits Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Routers https://gbhackers.com/mirai-zero-day-attack/ #CyberSecurityNews #cybersecurity #CyberAttack #DDOSattacks #ZeroDay #Botnet

Mirai Botnet Variant Exploits Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Routers https://gbhackers.com/mirai-zero-day-attack/ #CyberSecurityNews #cybersecurity #CyberAttack #DDOSattacks #ZeroDay #Botnet

Session Smart Routers With Default Passwords Hacked By Mirai Malware https://cybersecuritynews.com/session-smart-routers-with-default-passwords/ #ComputerVulnerabilityNews #CyberSecurityNews #cybersecuritynews #cybersecurity #DDoSAttacks #IoTSecurity #Botnet

Session Smart Routers With Default Passwords Hacked By Mirai Malware https://cybersecuritynews.com/session-smart-routers-with-default-passwords/ #ComputerVulnerabilityNews #CyberSecurityNews #cybersecuritynews #cybersecurity #DDoSAttacks #IoTSecurity #Botnet

API Attacks Surge 3000%: Why Cybersecurity Needs to Evolve in 2025 https://thecyberexpress.com/api-attacks-surge/ #SmallandMediumsizedBusinesses #TheCyberExpressNews #APIVulnerabilities #VulnerabilityNews #DDoSAttacksNews #Vulnerabilities #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #DDoSattacks #APIAttacks #Botattacks #CyberNews

API Attacks Surge 3000%: Why Cybersecurity Needs to Evolve in 2025 https://thecyberexpress.com/api-attacks-surge/ #SmallandMediumsizedBusinesses #TheCyberExpressNews #APIVulnerabilities #VulnerabilityNews #DDoSAttacksNews #Vulnerabilities #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #DDoSattacks #APIAttacks #Botattacks #CyberNews

Hackers Exploit Docker Remote API Servers To Inject Gafgyt Malware https://gbhackers.com/docker-api-hacked-gafgyt-malware/ #CyberSecurityNews #DockerSecurity #GafgytMalware #DDOSattacks #Botnet #DDOS

Hackers Exploit Docker Remote API Servers To Inject Gafgyt Malware https://gbhackers.com/docker-api-hacked-gafgyt-malware/ #CyberSecurityNews #DockerSecurity #GafgytMalware #DDOSattacks #Botnet #DDOS

DDoS Attacks Targeting ISPs are Different – Here’s How – Source: securityboulevard.com https://ciso2ciso.com/ddos-attacks-targeting-isps-are-different-heres-how-source-securityboulevard-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #SecurityBloggersNetwork #CyberSecurityNews #SecurityBoulevard #ddosattacks #ddostesting #Blog

LameDuck’s Skynet Botnet Launched 35,000+ DDoS Attacks https://cybersecuritynews.com/lameducks-skynet-botnet-ddos/ #CyberSecurityNews #cybersecuritynews #cybersecurity #CyberAttack #DDoSAttacks #Botnet #DDOS