#DDoS
8 stories taggedDDoS.
RustDuck: A Rust-Based DDoS Botnet Quietly Building Out Since February
XLab researchers say the two-stage loader is iterating faster than its install base is growing — and that's the interesting part.
DDoS-as-a-Service Grows Up: Tiered Pricing, Reseller Programs, Real Support Tickets
The booter market has shed its script-kiddie aesthetic. Today's stresser panels look like SaaS — because operationally, they are.
The Bot That Learned to Lie: Inside the New Generation of AI-Driven DDoS
Defenders describe attack waves that pause, study traffic patterns, and resume from fresh infrastructure — behavior that looks less like a script and more like a sparring partner.
Operators Warn AI-Generated Traffic Is Outpacing Static DDoS Defences as Regulators Eye Disclosure Rules
Machine-learning-driven flood attacks are reshaping volumetric thresholds faster than current incident-reporting frameworks anticipated.
A Three-Year-Old Chromium Bug Can Turn Your Browser Into a Bot — And It's Still Not Fixed
An unpatched flaw in Chromium's Background Fetch API lets malicious websites keep service workers alive indefinitely, enabling crypto mining, DDoS participation, and persistent tracking across browser restarts.
Justice Department Charges Ottawa Man With Operating Kimwolf DDoS Botnet
Federal prosecutors say Jacob Butler, 23, developed and rented out a variant of the AISURU botnet for paid denial-of-service attacks.
The Firewall Guard Was Holding a Crowbar: Brazilian DDoS-Protection Firm Caught Powering the Attacks
Exposed archive ties Huge Networks infrastructure and its CEO's SSH keys to a long-running Mirai botnet hammering Brazilian ISPs. The CEO blames a competitor.
Ottawa 23-Year-Old Charged as 'Dort,' Alleged Operator of the 30 Tbps Kimwolf IoT Botnet
Jacob Butler is in OPP custody on a U.S. extradition warrant. Prosecutors say his botnet pushed nearly 30 terabits per second. The questions I sent his lawyer remain unanswered.