Jul 05, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / DDoS Attack French cloud computing firm OVHcloud said it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in April 2024 that reached a packet rate of 840 million packets per second (Mpps). This is just above the previous record of 809 million Mpps reported by Akamai as targeting a large European bank in June … [Read more...] about OVHcloud Hit with Record 840 Million PPS DDoS Attack Using MikroTik Routers
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Massive HTTP DDoS Attack Hits Record High of 71 Million Requests/Second
Feb 14, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan Web infrastructure company Cloudflare on Monday disclosed that it thwarted a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at over 71 million requests per second (RPS). "The majority of attacks peaked in the ballpark of 50-70 million requests per second (RPS) with the largest exceeding 71 million," the company said, … [Read more...] about Massive HTTP DDoS Attack Hits Record High of 71 Million Requests/Second
Cloudflare Thwarts Record DDoS Attack Peaking at 15 Million Requests Per Second
Cloudflare on Wednesday disclosed that it acted to mitigate a 15.3 million request-per-second (RPS) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The web infrastructure and website security company called it one of the "largest HTTPS DDoS attacks on record." "HTTPS DDoS attacks are more expensive in terms of required computational resources because of the higher cost of … [Read more...] about Cloudflare Thwarts Record DDoS Attack Peaking at 15 Million Requests Per Second
Google Project Zero Detects a Record Number of Zero-Day Exploits in 2021
Google Project Zero called 2021 a "record year for in-the-wild 0-days," as 58 security vulnerabilities were detected and disclosed during the course of the year. The development marks more than a two-fold jump from the previous maximum when 28 0-day exploits were tracked in 2015. In contrast, only 25 0-day exploits were detected in 2020. "The large uptick in in-the-wild 0-days … [Read more...] about Google Project Zero Detects a Record Number of Zero-Day Exploits in 2021
Our Work with the DNC: Setting the record straight
June 5, 2020 UPDATE Blog update following the release of the testimony by Shawn Henry, CSO and President of CrowdStrike Services, before the House Intelligence Committee that was recently declassified. What was CrowdStrike’s role in investigating the hack of the DNC? CrowdStrike was contacted on April 30, 2016 to respond to a suspected breach. We began our work with the DNC on … [Read more...] about Our Work with the DNC: Setting the record straight
Apple Announces Record-Breaking App Store Numbers For the First Week of January
Apple has announced record breaking App Store numbers for the first week of January with customers spending nearly half a billion dollars on apps and in-app purchases. The company also reported that New Year's Day 2015 was the biggest day ever in App Store sales history. … [Read more...] about Apple Announces Record-Breaking App Store Numbers For the First Week of January
Apple Retail Stores Reach Record Revenue of $57.6 Per Visitor
Apple retail stores continue to dominate the competition reaching a new record revenue of $57.6 per visitor, reports Asymco analyst Horace Dediu. In the U.S., Apple stores are performing twice as well as Tiffany & Co., the second best retailer, and three times as well as lululemon athletica, the third best retailer. On average each Apple store makes $13 million per … [Read more...] about Apple Retail Stores Reach Record Revenue of $57.6 Per Visitor