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On the Internet, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is one in which a multitude of compromised systems attack a single target, thereby causing denial of service for users of the targeted system.

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Security Leaders Braced for Daily AI-Driven Attacks by Year-End

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68% of Companies are More Vulnerable to DDoS Than They Think

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Companies are more exposed to DDoS attack than they think they are. Sixty-eight percent of the protection faults uncovered by Red Button simulation tests were either severe or critical

Bad Bots Drive 10% Annual Surge in Account Takeover Attacks

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Infostealers Prevalent in Retail Sector Cybercrime Trends

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The findings from Netskope also show a shift in the retail sector’s use of cloud applications

US Government Releases New DDoS Attack Guidance for Public Sector

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Why DDoS Threat Actors Are Shifting Their Tactics

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The Growing Threat of Application-Layer DDoS Attacks

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Hacktivist Collective NoName057 Strikes European Targets

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Top UK Universities Recovering Following Targeted DDoS Attack

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The attack, which has been claimed by Anonymous Sudan, has been confirmed to have impacted IT services at the universities of Cambridge and Manchester

Fifth of British Kids Have Broken the Law Online

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Gcore Radar: DDoS Attack Trends Q3 to Q4, 2023

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How Non-Profits and NGOs Deal with Cyber-Attacks

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US, UK and India Among the Countries Most At Risk of Election Cyber Interference

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Pennsylvania Courts’ Website Disrupted by DoS Attack

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Ukraine Arrests Hacker for Assisting Russian Missile Strikes

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Ukraine’s security services said that the IT specialist from Kharkiv targeted government websites and provided intelligence to Russia to carry out missile strikes

Researchers Uncover Major Surge in Global Botnet Activity

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Environmental Websites Hit by DDoS Surge in COP28 Crossfire

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Second Half of 2023 Threat Landscape Dominated by AI and Android Spyware

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The MOVEit hack, OpenAI service targeting and Android spyware top the threat landscape in H2 2023, according to ESET

Geopolitics to Blame For DoS Surge in Europe, Says ENISA

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OpenAI Reveals ChatGPT Is Being DDoS-ed

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