Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you This Week in IT, a curated summary of IT and enterprise technology news stories each week. Microsoft releases SQL Server 2022 […]
Advanced network detection and response solution provider NETSCOUT is launching Arbor Insight, a new technology designed to enhance and extend threat detection, service delivery and network operator visibility to address a rapidly changing security landscape. The company says Arbor Insight can be combined with Arbor Sightline, its anomaly-detection and network traffic analysis solution, to extend […]
Microsoft says it has observed a 254% increase in activity over the last six months from an eight-year-old Linux trojan targeting Linux-based operating systems on cloud infrastructures and IoT devices. The malware, called XorDdos, is named after its attack method, denial of service on Linux endpoints and servers, in addition to XOR-based encryption for its […]
Microsoft says it recently mitigated a 3.47 Tbps DDoS attack with a packet rate of 340 million packets per second, which would make it the largest such attack in history. In an Azure blog, Microsoft says the November 2021 attack targeted an Azure customer in Asia that originated from about 10,000 sources from multiple countries, […]
According to new data from web infrastructure and security firm Cloudflare, the amount of DDoS attacks being layered with a ransom demand are increasing significantly. The company’s DDoS Attack Trends report for the fourth quarter of 2021 revealed a ransom DDoS attack increase of 29% for the year and a whopping 175% for the quarter. […]
It’s not just ransomware and supply chain cyberattacks that IT pros have to defend against, according to a new report that indicates DDoS attacks are also increasing in frequency and scope. According to cybersecurity company Netscout, there were 5.4 million distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the first half of 2021, which is an 11% increase from […]
Google says it was the target of a massive 2.5 Tbps DDoS attack in September 2017, the highest bandwidth attack ever reported. In a blog post exploring the growth of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, Google revealed that it was the target of a six-month campaign that utilized multiple methods of attack. “Despite simultaneously targeting thousands […]
If you aren’t a cybersecurity expert, then don’t believe everything that hacktivist group Anonymous posts on Twitter. Yes, some services were down simultaneously for some reason yesterday, but it wasn’t because of a single coordinated DDoS attack, according to cybersecurity experts. Early yesterday, people across the U.S. were posting to social media that they weren’t […]
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