Cloudflare, a cybersecurity company, has reported a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that exploited a flaw in the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset protocol. The attack exceeded 100 million requests per second, triggering a 65% increase in DDoS attacks in Q3. Cloudflare mitigated 89 hyper-volumetric HTTP DDoS attacks. Cybercriminals have been ramping up their nefarious activities, with approximately 7.9 million DDoS attacks launched in the first half of 2023. Cloudflare aims to make DDoS attacks a thing of the past but acknowledges that attacks keep getting bigger, with a 2.6 Tbps attack targeting 1.1.1.1 in the last quarter. The cybersecurity landscape has been fraught with challenges, with $720 million lost via 117 hacking incidents in Q3 of 2023. In addition, a supposed $37 million Uniswap exploit turned out to be a phishing scam attempt.
$720 Million Lost via 117 Hacking Incidents in Q3 of 2023 — Study #crypto #cryptocurrency https://t.co/KgiDimYmXG
The LastPass hack claimed 25 victims on October 25th, draining $4.4 million from several crypto wallets https://t.co/gWs30ELr0i
PSA: Last night, scammers attempted a phishing attack via a cloned Blockworks website and a false Uniswap exploit story. This was the latest example of scammers using fake crypto media sites to try and trick users. Remember to always check website URLs and be extra cautious if… https://t.co/VeKreBF7xm
Crazy scam yesterday. Someone cloned the entire Blockworks website and drove users into a fake $37M Uniswap exploit story (see top left on image). Thankfully the drainer wasn't setup properly so no one lost money. But damn these scams are getting elaborate. Stay safe. https://t.co/DrURh2z31a
🏴☠️ On This Day: Revisiting Past 😈#Crypto #Hacks Oct 27 witnessed two major exploits. One in the year 2022 and another a year before in 2021. 📌 On October 27, 2022, Team Finance on the Ethereum platform was exploited for over 💰$14.5 million. An attacker capitalized on a… https://t.co/Il3E9vuPzn https://t.co/OEFY52hmNK
The total market value of cryptocurrencies using the proof-of-stake consensus algorithm decreased by 7% at the end of Q3 to $254 billion https://t.co/KE93v1wZsL
A supposed Blockworks news article about a $37 million Uniswap exploit is actually another attempt from phishing scammers to drain your crypto wallet. https://t.co/L4ZIIYgQSU
Cloudflare mitigated 89 hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed DDoS attacks exceeding 100 million rps: https://t.co/DSNjSx5num by Security Affairs #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
We at @Cloudflare aim to make DDoS attacks someday something you only read about in the history books. Unfortunately, we're not at that day yet. Attacks keep getting bigger. Last quarter we saw a 2.6 Tbps attack targeting 1.1.1.1. Read our full report: https://t.co/SelpX1HDuK
Cybercriminals ramped up their nefarious activities during the first half of 2023. According to NETSCOUT’s latest Threat Intelligence Report, threat actors launched approximately 7.9 million distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) https://t.co/12YytnFvkP
Record-Breaking 100 Million RPS DDoS Attack Exploits HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Flaw: https://t.co/57ziIRQxrN by The Hacker News #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
Latest Cloudflare distributed denial-of-service report details record-setting attack https://t.co/D7OYaXI04D
🚨Cloudflare thwarts massive DDoS attacks exceeding 100M requests/second. Find out how HTTP/2 Rapid Reset flaw triggered a 65% increase in Q3 attacks. Read more: https://t.co/dA94AFwOTp #cybersecurity #hacking