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1 month ago | corero.com | Sean Newman

IntroductionDid you know that the gaming industry generates more than 3X the revenue of the recorded music and movie industries combined? Gaming is a $184.4 billion market, comprised of more than 2.5 billion gamers globally. Its size is impressive, but it also means it has a target on its back as threat actors increasingly focus on capitalizing on its prominence.

Nov 26, 2024 | corero.com | Sean Newman

IntroductionA 15-year-old whiz kid, a cohort of hackers, and state-sponsored threat actors…Sounds like the beginning of a joke, or the characters in a new action-adventure cyber movie. But there’s nothing entertaining about what you’re about to read. These are a few of the actors in some of the most famous DDoS attacks in history.

Sep 17, 2024 | corero.com | Joao Melo

DDoS attacks are typically short but intense, designed to deliver high enough levels of traffic in a brief period to efficiently disrupt and cripple unprepared systems. The goal is to overwhelm targets quickly, causing maximum disruption before defenses have time to respond. However, we have seen an increase in longer-duration attacks and recently detected and blocked attacks that broke away from these norms in real-time.

Sep 11, 2024 | corero.com | Joao Melo

A few weeks ago, Tesla CEO and X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk hosted a friendly conversation on X with former President Donald Trump. The interview was delayed by more than 40 minutes as X experienced technical difficulties. Musk immediately tweeted that there appeared to be a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on X causing the delay.

Mar 12, 2024 | corero.com | Joao Melo

As we move through 2024, the cybersecurity landscape is expected to encounter unparalleled challenges due to the intermingling of geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainties, political polarization, and the digital world. It has become crucial to examine the critical factors that indicate the possibility of a surge in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Therefore, in this blog post, we will explore the three significant elements that contribute to the evolving threat landscape.