Do Son The Free Software Foundation reports ongoing DDoS attacks since Aug 2024, with much traffic from AI company crawlers. Its small team is overwhelmed by the relentless web scraping.
Distributed Denial of Service
NSFOCUS uncovers Hpingbot, a rapidly evolving Go-based botnet using Pastebin for payloads and hping3 for DDoS. It targets Windows/Linux/IoT, focusing on stealth and persistence.
FortiGuard Labs exposes RondoDox, a stealthy botnet exploiting critical flaws (CVE-2024-3721, CVE-2024-12856) in TBK DVRs & Four-Faith routers to launch sophisticated DDoS attacks.
Cloudflare successfully mitigated a record-breaking 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack in May 2025, delivering 37.4 TB in 45 seconds with no service disruption.
RapperBot botnet resurfaces with 50,000+ active bots, now demanding Monero extortion to halt DDoS attacks. The self-proclaimed "rapper" malware targets IoT devices globally.
Discover the powerful Gayfemboy botnet and its persistence in leveraging a 0-day vulnerability in industrial routers for DDoS attacks.
Uncover the latest cyber threats targeting the European Union. From DDoS attacks to ransomware, gain insights into the challenges faced by the EU.