Microsoft Fends Off 2.4 Tbps DDoS Attack
The attack was reportedly 140 percent higher than a 1 Tbps attack it saw in 2020 and higher than any network volumetric event the company previously detected.
The attack was reportedly 140 percent higher than a 1 Tbps attack it saw in 2020 and higher than any network volumetric event the company previously detected.
Following a rash of targeted denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks worldwide, countries are offering guidance.
Three Americans admit to creating and running the powerful IoT Mirai botnet and posting the source code for it on a criminal forum in the fall of 2016.
The adage that there is nothing new under the sun is especially relevant in the security field. Attacks and the technologies that spring up to defend against them tend to run in cycles, and the recent resurgence of DDoS attacks of various stripes has shown once again that we still don’t have a real handle on how to stop this problem.