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Record-Breaking DDoS Cyberattack Reaches 5.6 Tbps, Cloudflare Reports
Cloudflare has mitigated the biggest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on record. Here's what you need to know.
Cloudflare mitigated a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack
The largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to date peaked at 5.6 terabits per second and came from a Mirai-based botnet with 13,000 compromised devices.
Cloudflare Mitigates Record-Breaking 5.6Tbps DDoS Attack
Despite encountering the largest-ever DDoS to date, Cloudflare claimed that the majority (63%) of HTTP DDoS attacks did not exceed 50,000 requests per second, while most (93%) network-layer attacks did not exceed 500Mbps and 87% did not exceed 50,000 pps.
Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Reached 5.6 Tbps
Cloudflare saw a 53% increase in DDoS attack frequency last year, when it blocked a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps attack.
Botnet Unleashes Record-Breaking 5.6Tbps DDoS Attack
Cloudflare says the attack against an East Asian ISP came from 13,000 devices infected with a variant of the notorious Mirai malware.
The Internet is (once again) awash with IoT botnets delivering record DDoSes
We’re only three weeks into 2025, and it’s already shaping up to be the year of Internet of Things-driven DDoSes. Reports are rolling in of threat actors infecting thousands of home and office routers,
Mirai IoT botnet powers record 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack
A record 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack, powered by a Mirai botnet comprising over 13,000 compromised IoT devices, was launched last week.
Cloudflare claims to have mitigated biggest DDoS attack on record with requests flying in from 5,500 IP addresses per second
DDoS attacks have only gotten more sophisticated as time goes on. An increasingly popular tactic among bad actors is to hit ...
Cloudflare CDN flaw leaks user location data, even through secure chat apps
A security researcher discovered a flaw in Cloudflare's content delivery network (CDN), which could expose a person's general ...
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Cloudflare Mitigates Largest DDoS Attack Compromising 13,000 Devices at 5.6 Tbps
The biggest DDoS attack to date was mitigated by Cloudflare recently. The attack compromised over 13,000 devices and the ...
World's largest DDoS attack blocked, Cloudflare claims
Cloudflare says it blocked a 5.6Tbps DDoS attack in October 2024 The attack came from a Mirai botnet It included 13,000 IPs, ...
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Location data vulnerability found in Cloudflare’s CDN
A recently discovered vulnerability in Cloudflare's caching system which has since been patched has raised significant ...
Cloudflare CEO on why Apple's Tim Cook, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders are bending to Trump
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says the Trump administration should make cybersecurity defenses mission critical.
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Spooks of the internet came alive this Halloween
Halloween 2024 made history with a massive spike in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, with one particular assault ...
Cloudflare Stock: A Deep Dive Into Analyst Perspectives (14 Ratings)
In the assessment of 12-month price targets, analysts unveil insights for Cloudflare, presenting an average target of $120.93 ...
Cloudflare CFO Thomas Seifert sells shares worth $7.78 million
Thomas J. Seifert, Chief Financial Officer of Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE:NET), recently disclosed a series of stock transactions involving the company's Class A common stock. On January 17 and January 21, ...