DDoS attack

Internet-Wide Zero-Day Bug Fuels Largest-Ever DDoS Event

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October 10, 2023 at 03:35PM A new zero-day attack named “HTTP/2 Rapid Reset” has exploited a security vulnerability, resulting in a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) flood. The attack targeted cloud and Internet infrastructure providers and lasted for minutes. The attack utilized a bug in the HTTP/2 protocol, affecting about 60% of web applications. While mitigation … Read more

HTTP/2 ‘Rapid Reset’ zero-day exploited in biggest DDoS deluge seen yet

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October 10, 2023 at 04:46PM Cloudflare reported that the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever recorded was launched using a zero-day vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol. The attack surpassed 398 million requests per second, more than five times larger than the previous record. Google, Cloudflare, and AWS have disclosed the vulnerability and implemented mitigations to … Read more