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PUPUWEB Blog<p>Netscout reports DDoS attacks surged from 13M+ in 2023 to ~17M in 2024, with new tech like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> supercharging their impact. These attacks are now a staple of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeopoliticalConflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeopoliticalConflict</span></a>. 🌐⚠️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechTrends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechTrends</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIImpact</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberThreats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberThreats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a></p>
AAKL<p>NetScout: DDoS: The Next Generation <a href="https://www.netscout.com/threatreport" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">netscout.com/threatreport</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/netscout" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>netscout</span></a></span> </p><p>More:</p><p>Betanews: Politically motivated DDoS attacks target critical infrastructure <a href="https://betanews.com/2025/04/02/politically-motivated-ddos-attacks-target-critical-infrastructure/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">betanews.com/2025/04/02/politi</span><span class="invisible">cally-motivated-ddos-attacks-target-critical-infrastructure/</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@betanews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>betanews</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@iandbarker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iandbarker</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a></p>
Max Resing<p>News on the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> front: The latest <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/threatreport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threatreport</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NETSCOUT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NETSCOUT</span></a> was just published. As usual, a great read for those in the industry!</p><p><a href="https://www.netscout.com/threatreport/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">netscout.com/threatreport/</a></p>
vascorsd<p>«There’s been something of an epidemic of malicious bots on the internet these days. You may have seen a post recently titled “Please stop externalizing your costs directly into my face“, or “FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies“. Those are all happening to us, too. Surprise.»</p><p>TCRF has been getting DDoSed – Xkeeper's blog - <a href="https://blog.xkeeper.net/uncategorized/tcrf-has-been-getting-ddosed/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.xkeeper.net/uncategorized</span><span class="invisible">/tcrf-has-been-getting-ddosed/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIShit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIShit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIPocalypse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIPocalypse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a></p>
Bill Taroli :neurodiversity:<p>It’s been one of those weeks, including a thread of <a href="https://federate.social/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/cluelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cluelessness</span></a> and tomfoolery. Sure, reduce the rate limit for all <a href="https://federate.social/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>API</span></a> users to one call every five minutes, because you have some unapproved bad actors executing a <a href="https://federate.social/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a>. You know you can rate limit by user, but why bother? </p><p>I did eventually remind them they re-enabled any random user to create their own API <a href="https://federate.social/tags/token" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>token</span></a>. They seemed honestly surprised. Which made it all the more sad. Emperor, please put your clothes back on. </p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/RateLimit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RateLimit</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>After <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/DDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDOS</span></a> attacks, <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Blizzard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blizzard</span></a> rolls back Hardcore <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/WoW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WoW</span></a> deaths for the first time</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/03/not-so-permadeath-blizzard-revives-hardcore-wow-characters-killed-by-ddos-attacks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/03</span><span class="invisible">/not-so-permadeath-blizzard-revives-hardcore-wow-characters-killed-by-ddos-attacks/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a></p>
Alex<p>Personally I don't mind my code being ingested to train <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> models. Freedoms 1 and 3 of the four essential software freedoms allow for study and redistribution of modified versions of code. Of course those freedoms don't allow for stripping the license obligations from derivative code. They also don't give permission to for <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/scraper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scraper</span></a> bots to <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> our core development infrastructure by aggressively spamming git servers with requests: <a href="https://thelibre.news/foss-infrastructure-is-under-attack-by-ai-companies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelibre.news/foss-infrastruct</span><span class="invisible">ure-is-under-attack-by-ai-companies/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>git</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a></p>
Veronica Olsen 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇴🌻<p>Who could have guessed that an industry whose entire business model is based on theft would behave like malware attacks on the Internet? 🤔</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/devs-say-ai-crawlers-dominate-traffic-forcing-blocks-on-entire-countries/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/dev</span><span class="invisible">s-say-ai-crawlers-dominate-traffic-forcing-blocks-on-entire-countries/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Crawlers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crawlers</span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>Artificial intelligence companies are creating incredibly large scale denial of service situations on the infrastructure of Open Source Networks.</p><p>Now Network owners need to waste time on Finding ways of sending All These requests of the rogue AI insects to /dev/null</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/@altbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>altbot</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/DenialOfService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DenialOfService</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/crawler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crawler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Alibaba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alibaba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/attack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://thelibre.news/foss-infrastructure-is-under-attack-by-ai-companies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelibre.news/foss-infrastruct</span><span class="invisible">ure-is-under-attack-by-ai-companies/</span></a></p>
Max Resing<p>My colleague and I recently worked on a blog post here at <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NETSCOUT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NETSCOUT</span></a> in which we explore a coordinated cyber response against organizations in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a>. Political alignment once again lead to severe action happening in the cyber space.</p><p>Despite the increased activity of threat actors, and the increased perception of public claims, in the broader picture of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a>, Italy did not experience a substantial change DDoS trends.</p><p>More in the latest blog post <a href="https://www.netscout.com/blog/asert/italy-crosshairs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Italy in the Crosshairs</a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/threatintel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threatintel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a></p>
Max Resing<p>Last week was another stakeholder meeting on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DNS4EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNS4EU</span></a>. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Whalebone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whalebone</span></a> provided a short overview of the project including a timeline. Public launch is scheduled for June this year. The talk elaborates on various considerations of the new <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> project. I was mostly interested in the deployment aspect, the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> slides and the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/anonymization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymization</span></a> mechanisms.</p><p>My personal main concern with the project is the absence of resolver technology. The project plainly uses the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/KnotDNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnotDNS</span></a> resolver. Not a bad choice, but University taught me that diversity in the backend software introduces even more resiliency. Yet, as Whalebone is a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Czech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Czech</span></a> company, it is apparent why they chose <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/KnotDNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnotDNS</span></a> exclusively.</p><p>The <a href="https://142290803.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/142290803/PDF%20files/Workshop%20DNS4EU%20Public%20resolvers%20Slidedeck.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">slides</a> are public.</p>
Xavier «X» Santolaria :verified_paw: :donor:<p>📨 Latest issue of my curated <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> list of resources for week #11/2025 is out!</p><p>It includes the following and much more:</p><p>➝ Alleged Co-Founder of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Garantex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garantex</span></a> Arrested in India;</p><p>➝ X Suffered a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> Attack;</p><p>➝ Microsoft <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PatchTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatchTuesday</span></a> Fixes 7 Zero-days;</p><p>➝ UK Hospital Discovered 5,000 to 10,000 Unknown Devices Connected to its Network;</p><p>➝ <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NVIDIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NVIDIA</span></a> Chips Smugglers Granted Bail in Singapore;</p><p>➝ <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Tenable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tenable</span></a> tested <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a>'s Ability to Generate <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malware</span></a>;</p><p>➝ <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> labelling DeepSeek as "state-controlled";</p><p>➝ New <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Jailbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jailbreak</span></a> Method called Context Compliance Attack (CCA) Works Against Most <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> Models</p><p>Subscribe to the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosecMASHUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosecMASHUP</span></a> newsletter to have it piping hot in your inbox every week-end ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://infosec-mashup.santolaria.net/p/template-infosec-mashup-xx-2025-7eb9e43f2aebd47f?utm_source=beehiiv&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec-mashup.santolaria.net/</span><span class="invisible">p/template-infosec-mashup-xx-2025-7eb9e43f2aebd47f?utm_source=beehiiv&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a></p>
Max Resing<p><a href="https://archive.is/GkQVU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here</a> is a good summary on what happened on the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> outage a couple of days ago. Yes, it was a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> attack, but many of the other accusations were inaccurate. Although few groups claimed attribution, my gut feeling cannot fully convince me that it was the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/darkstormteam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkstormteam</span></a>.</p><p>Rumors has it, that the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Eleven11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eleven11</span></a> botnet was involved. That one is not mentioned, yet the article refers to posts of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GossiTheDog</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Botnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Botnet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Outage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Outage</span></a></p>
BGDoncaster<p>Oh really it was Ukraine that took down X on March 10? Not so fast. </p><p>Independent security researchers found evidence that some X origin servers were not properly secured behind DDoS protection, and researchers noted they did not even see Ukraine in the breakdown of the top 20 IP address origins involved in the attacks. <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/x-ddos-attack-march-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/x-ddos-attack-</span><span class="invisible">march-2025/</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cyberattack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberattack</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/BotNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BotNet</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a></p>
Richi Jennings<p>No, Elon — X DDoS was NOT by Ukraine</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> marks the botnet: <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Outage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Outage</span></a> outrage was a Ukrainian cyberattack, implies our favorite African billionaire comedy villain.</p><p>The social media platform formerly known as <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> went offline earlier this week. It was swamped by wave after wave of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS). Now-owner <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> (pictured) has been telling everyone the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> traffic came from Ukraine.</p><p>O RLY? That’s “garbage,” say experts. In <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/SBBlogwatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBBlogwatch</span></a>, we never stopped calling it Twitter. </p><p>@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: <a href="https://securityboulevard.com/2025/03/elon-musk-x-ddos-ukraine-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=richisoc&amp;utm_campaign=richisoc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">securityboulevard.com/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">elon-musk-x-ddos-ukraine-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=richisoc&amp;utm_campaign=richisoc</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kotaro.me/@kotaro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kotaro</span></a></span> yes, and they circumvent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClownFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClownFlare</span></a>'s <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> Protection"</em> and can only be stopped by literally blocking entire CIDR Netblocks if not complete ASNs.</p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"The social network X suffered intermittent outages on Monday, a situation owner Elon Musk attributed to a “massive cyberattack.” Musk said in an initial X post that the attack was perpetrated by “either a large, coordinated group and/or a country.” In a post on Telegram, a pro-Palestinian group known as Dark Storm Team took credit for the attacks within a few hours. Later on Monday, though, Musk claimed in an interview on Fox Business Network that the attacks had come from Ukrainian IP addresses.</p><p>Web traffic analysis experts who tracked the incident on Monday were quick to emphasize that the type of attacks X seemed to face—distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attacks—are launched by a coordinated army of computers, or a “botnet,” pummeling a target with junk traffic in an attempt to overwhelm and take down its systems. Botnets are typically dispersed around the world, generating traffic with geographically diverse IP addresses, and they can include mechanisms that make it harder to determine where they are controlled from.</p><p>“It’s important to recognize that IP attribution alone is not conclusive. Attackers frequently use compromised devices, VPNs, or proxy networks to obfuscate their true origin," says Shawn Edwards, chief security officer of the network connectivity firm Zayo."</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/x-ddos-attack-march-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/x-ddos-attack-</span><span class="invisible">march-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>What Really Happened With the <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> Attacks That Took Down <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/x-ddos-attack-march-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/x-ddos-attack-</span><span class="invisible">march-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a></p>
Frankie ✅<p>What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X </p><p>First, Never Believe Anything <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Muskovite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muskovite</span></a> Says.</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/x-ddos-attack-march-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/x-ddos-attack-</span><span class="invisible">march-2025/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ddos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ddos</span></a></p>
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