Aquabotv3 is actively exploiting a known vulnerability in Mitel devices to include them in its botnet, according to Akamai's Security Intelligence and Response Team. A third variant of the Mirai-based ...

Hot on the heels of the LeakBase takedown, the combined might of the U.S. Department of Justice and Europol brought down ...

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 ...

Zayo's 2026 Cybersecurity Insights Report reveals new insights about Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

Cloudflare has sent us a copy of its quarterly DDoS threat report, and it makes for hair-raising reading. The gigantic CDN provider claims that it recorded "an unprecedented bombardment" from a botnet ...

An international law enforcement operation shut down a service called SocksEscort, which allegedly helped cybercriminals all over the world launch ransomware and DDoS attacks, as well as distribute ...

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 ...

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 ...

Akamai’s 2026 State of the Internet report shows a surge in Layer 7 DDoS and API attacks, with attacakers combining AI, ...

Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) today released its 2026 Apps, APIs, and DDoS State of the Internet (SOTI) report, highlighting a decisive shift in the threat landscape. Attackers are now industrializing their ...

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 ...