WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) today released findings from its 1H2024 DDoS Threat Intelligence Report, citing a dramatic 43% increase in the number of ...

The first half of 2025 marked another MAJOR escalation in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) activity, with new NetScout research documenting more than eight million attacks worldwide in these six ...

The world’s largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and ...

Attackers exploiting nearly decade-old D-Link router vulnerabilities drove a sharp rise in botnet activity in 2024 through variants of the Mirai and Kaiten taking advantage of unpatched devices. The ...

Aisuru, the botnet responsible for a series of record-smashing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks this year, recently was overhauled to support a more low-key, lucrative and sustainable ...

A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering what is likely to be the biggest ...

Some of the most powerful DDoS attacks ever detected have been revealed by cybersecurity company StormWall. This specific botnet, which enabled DDoS attacks of up to 2TB/s, sets a new record over the ...

The critical flaw represents real-world risk ...

Carlos Morales is SVP and GM, DDoS and Application Security, DigiCert. Many of you probably unwrapped a smart device this ...

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks can literally overwhelm networks. Earlier this week, Cloudflare revealed that it successfully defended its network, and the customers that rely on it, from ...

DDoS attacks in 2025 are faster, smarter, and larger, outpacing traditional telecom defenses.