In the cat-and-mouse game between DDoS hackers and defenders, it seems protection vendors have made great progress in the past year - particularly in the realm of application-layer attacks.

With a history spanning over 25 years, DDoS attacks are, at first glance, nothing new. However, under the surface, there is a rapidly evolving landscape with significant developments in recent years.

Netscout research reports over 8 million DDoS attacks worldwide in H2 2025, with growing botnet activity, multi-vector attacks and rising use of AI in cyber threats.

Today, it's rare for a month to pass without reports of new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks driven by geopolitical instability. Now, a single attack can include numerous countries and ...

On March 10, X experienced multiple outages, with tens of thousands of users reporting the social site was down for them. Later that day, after multiple failures, X came back online. What caused this?

GUEST OPINION: The vast majority of modern businesses use the Internet as their primary method of interacting with customers. Their website is their storefront, allowing customers to browse products, ...

"A defender needs to be right every time, but an attacker only needs to be right once" is a well-worn saying among cybersecurity professionals. In other words, an intruder has unlimited time and ...

Elon Musk's social media platform X (formerly Twitter) experienced a DDoS attack, causing delays before a scheduled conversation with former U.S. President Donald Trump. The incident highlighted the ...

We live in a world where digitization, automation, and connectivity have become the heart of every organization, business, infrastructure, state, and country. Digital Transformation has been playing a ...

Threat groups are constantly getting more sophisticated in their attempts to evade detection and enact harm. One common tactic that many security practitioners have witnessed is carrying out ...