Conversational AI interfaces are enabling a wave of DDoS attacks as threat actors target enterprise supply chain ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. Cloudflare has mitigated the biggest distributed denial of service ...
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?
Internet services giant Cloudflare says it mitigated a record number of DDoS attacks in 2024, recording a massive 358% year-over-year jump and a 198% quarter-over-quarter increase. These figures come ...
"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 ...
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks come in many shapes and sizes, as do the myths surrounding them. These myths can center on motivations, DDoS attack vectors and techniques, mitigation ...
There is a "fundamental rewiring of the modern cyberattack" going on and AI is at the center.
Security experts have warned of an increase in hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks designed to overwhelm networks, after revealing the largest such effort to date peaked at 5.6 Terabits per second (Tbps).
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a leader in global edge cloud platforms, has announced key updates to Fastly DDoS Protection that deliver unprecedented visibility into ...
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.
Small businesses spend 13.2% of IT budgets on cybersecurity. Experts suggest focusing on employee training, MFA,and practical defenses over costly tech.