600,000 TFTP Servers Can Be Abused for Reflection DDoS Attacks

600,000 TFTP Servers Can Be Abused for Reflection DDoS Attacks

Attacks have an amplification factor of 60

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 16th, 2016
Akamai Detected Over 400 Reflection DDoS Attacks Leveraging DNSSEC Protocol

Akamai Detected Over 400 Reflection DDoS Attacks Leveraging DNSSEC Protocol

DDoS attacks can reach an amplification factor of 8

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 8th, 2015
Infographic: DDoS Attacks in Q3 2015

Infographic: DDoS Attacks in Q3 2015

The trend for slow&low DDoS attacks continues

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 30th, 2015
DDoS Predictions for 2016, IBM Insights

DDoS Predictions for 2016, IBM Insights

Three new DDoS attack types expected to grow in 2016

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 30th, 2015
New Reflection DDoS Attacks Spotted Using NetBIOS, RPC, and Sentinel Technology

New Reflection DDoS Attacks Spotted Using NetBIOS, RPC, and Sentinel Technology

RPC-based reflection DDoS attacks seem to be the strongest

DRDoS Attacks Can Now Propagate via BitTorrent Clients <em>UPDATE</em>

DRDoS Attacks Can Now Propagate via BitTorrent Clients UPDATE

BitTorrent, Vuze, and uTorrent clients are vulnerable

Organizations Should Expect DrDOS Attacks That Exceed 800 Gbps

Organizations Should Expect DrDOS Attacks That Exceed 800 Gbps

Black Lotus has released a threat report for the first quarter of 2014

Financial Exchange Platform Hit by 167 Gbps DNS Reflection DDOS Attack

Financial Exchange Platform Hit by 167 Gbps DNS Reflection DDOS Attack

Prolexic has managed to mitigate the massive cyberattack