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Cloudflare blocks largest recorded DDoS attack peaking at 3.8Tbps
During a distributed denial-of-service campaign targeting organizations in the financial services, internet, and telecommunications sectors, volumetric attacks peaked at 3.8 terabits per second, the largest publicly recorded to date. The assault consisted of a “month-long” barrage of more than 100 hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks flooding the network infrastructure with garbage data. In a volumetric DDoS attack, […]
Vulnerabilities exploited faster than ever, says Cloudflare
By the time you read this article, a zero-day CVE is likely getting exploited. According to researchers with Cloudflare, a newly disclosed vulnerability comes under attack at an average of 22 minutes. The internet backbone provider said attackers are more active than ever and are able to jump onto security vulnerabilities with malware exploits at […]
Hackers use PoC exploits in attacks 22 minutes after release
Threat actors are quick to weaponize available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits in actual attacks, sometimes as quickly as 22 minutes after exploits are made publicly available. That is according to Cloudflare’s Application Security report for 2024, which covers activity between May 2023 and March 2024 and highlights emerging threat trends. Cloudflare, which currently processes an average […]