We explain DDoS in layman's terms to help you understand a bit about what's going on. Advertisement DDoS is an acronym for Distributed Denial of Service, which sounds as confusing as a series of ...

While DDoS attacks can be found as far back as 1998, it was not until these sites were brought down through the use of distributed computing that the media focused on such attacks.

Over 160,000 WordPress sites used as DDoS zombies. By Lucian Constantin. Mar 11, 2014 11:22 am PDT.

DDoS attacks are increasingly taking down even the largest tech companies. Learn more Specops Software on these types of attacks and how you can protect your devices from being recruited into botnets.

"We're being DDoS'd at the moment—very sorry if you can't see the website. If it goes on, we'll try to get some more capacity in tomorrow," the Raspberry Pi Foundation posted on Twitter Tuesday ...

A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is a common and disruptive type of cyberattack aimed at overwhelming a target's online service with excessive traffic.

In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft's flagship office suite and cloud computing platform. Initially reticent to name the cause, Microsoft has now disclosed ...

DDoS attacks have skyrocketed 358% year-over-year, report says According to Cloudflare, 20.5 million DDoS attacks were thwarted in the first quarter of 2025. By Mikael Markander and Joel Lee ...

The DDoS threat report for 2024 Q1 from Cloudflare found the company's automated defenses mitigated 4.5 million DDoS attacks in the first three months of the year, roughly a third of all attacks ...