DDos-as-a-Service (DDosaaS) stories
Web attacks in EMEA hit two-year high, Akamai warns
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Akamai says attack volumes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa climbed 36% year on year as APIs and automated DDoS campaigns fuel a sharp surge.
Gcore sees DDoS attacks surge to 1.3 million in Q4
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Gcore warns DDoS attacks hit 1.3 million in late 2025 as brief, high-volume floods and longer app assaults expose more sectors to risk.
US-led raid disrupts record DDoS botnets worldwide
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US, Canadian and German authorities have dismantled four record-breaking IoT DDoS botnets that hijacked over three million devices worldwide.
AI-fuelled DDoS attacks surge past eight million globally
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AI-driven botnets fuel eight million DDoS attacks in late 2025, as multi-vector assaults hit 30 Tbps and strain global critical services.
Study reveals rising cyber threats to financial industry
Wed, 9th Apr 2025
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advanced persistent threat protection
A Radware study highlights alarming trends in cyber threats to the financial sector, revealing a surge in infostealer services and sophisticated OTP bots.
DDoS attacks soar by 82% due to AI & IoT usage in 2024
Wed, 26th Feb 2025
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A report by Zayo Group reveals an 82% surge in DDoS attacks from 2023 to 2024, escalating from 90,000 to 165,000 incidents due to AI and IoT advancements.
DDoS attacks surge by 82% as IoT & AI fuel threats
Mon, 24th Feb 2025
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firewalls
DDoS attacks have surged by 82% in a year, with 165,000 incidents reported in 2024, driven largely by IoT devices and AI advancements.
Radware reports web DDoS attack activity
Fri, 13th Sep 2024
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cybersecurity
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healthtech
Radware has reported a dramatic surge in sophisticated web DDoS attacks in 2024, largely driven by hacktivists amid increasing geopolitical tensions.
The retailer safety guide for the world of online shopping
Thu, 19th Nov 2020
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phishing
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martech
Are you an online retailer? This guide details the threats that you need to be aware of to keep safe in the biggest ever year of online shopping.
Radware issues security alert, warning of global rise of DDoS-for-hire
Fri, 28th Aug 2020
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cybersecurity
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radware
Radware has issued a global cybersecurity alert, warning of the continuous growth of the DDoS-for-hire industry.
Network intelligence is stopping a wave of DDoS misdiagnosis
Tue, 4th Aug 2020
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cybersecurity
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opinion
Security teams already know the value of a layered defence; it's time to add more layers, writes ThousandEyes principal solutions analyst Mike Hicks.
Report finds average DDoS attack volumes have trebled in past year
Mon, 11th Feb 2019
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cybercrime
DDoS attack volumes have tripled in the past year, with average attack volumes growing by 194% to 5Gbps, according to cloud anti-DDoS vendor Link11.
It's an active buyer's market for DDoS-as-a-Service - NETSCOUT
Mon, 24th Sep 2018
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DDoS attacks are cheaper than ever for attackers, lucrative for the attack service provider and financially and operationally crippling for the victim.