On October 24, 2025, Azure DDoS Protection detected and neutralized a 15.72 Tbps Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack targeting a single endpoint in Australia—making it the largest DDoS event ...

Microsoft claimed to have thwarted what it dubbed the largest DDoS attack ever observed in the cloud. The exploit measured at 15.72 Tb/s and 3.64 billion packets per second (pps), targeting a single ...

According to new data released by Netscout, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are on the rise. There were 17 million such attacks in 2024 – up from 13 million the year before. It’s an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Although first hitting the cybersecurity threat intelligence ...

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks come in many shapes and sizes, as do the myths surrounding them. These myths can center on motivations, DDoS attack vectors and techniques, mitigation ...