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What is a DDoS attack?

By Sam Dawson published

Wondering how DDoS attacks happen and who's behind them? Here's everything you need to know.

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Russia blames mass tech outages on DDoS attack

By Benedict Collins published

Russian authorities have blamed a DDoS attack for widespread app outages, but activists aren't so sure.

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How do we defend democracy in today's cyber threat landscape?

By Rich Turner published

CyberArk's Rich Turner asks the question: How do we defend election security in today's cyber threat landscape?

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It's not just X — DDoS attacks really are hitting more victims

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Distributed Denial of Service attacks are also growing more dangerous as victims report higher throughput.

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US security services say DDoS attacks shouldn't affect elections this year

By Benedict Collins published

DDoS attacks may hinder access to information, but won't affect the election, FBI and CISA believe.

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Microsoft 365 went down after a cyberattack — but don't worry, it's not another CrowdStrike-esque outage

By Mike Moore published

DDoS cyberattack took down a number of Azure services, as well as Microsoft 365, but it's back up now.

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DDoS: The tool of Hacktivism

By Richard Wallace published

How Hacktivists are using DDoS as a tool to create disruptions.

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The world's biggest hub for DDoS attacks has been shut down

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Digitalstress has been seized, and its administrator apparently arrested.

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DDoS attacks see a huge rise as criminals get braver and more ambitious

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Hackers are getting access to better tools, previously only reserved for state-sponsored actors, researchers say.

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OVHcloud says it has worked out who hit it with a record-breaking DDoS attack

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Two Mikrotik models are being leveraged in the attacks which could soon become even more dangerous.

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