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Record-breaking 11.5 Tbps UDP Flood DDoS Attack Originated from Google Cloud Platform (cybersecuritynews.com)

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Cloudflare, a company that provides web security and infrastructure, recently reported that it stopped a huge cyber attack. This attack reached a record high of 11.5 terabits per second (Tbps). It was a type of attack called a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, specifically a UDP flood. Most of the attack came from compromised resources on […] The post Record-breaking 11.5 Tbps UDP Flood DDoS Attack Originated from Google Cloud Platform appeared first on Cyber Security News.

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[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In theory, should you overwhelm some routing devices, you may be able to pass into restricted networks. 35 seconds is enough time to change ACLs or possibly pass a malicious payload.

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Really? I'm not an expert but wouldn't any sensible router just drop packets when it is overwhelmed?

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 2 points 1 month ago

It has been a long time since I seriously studied network security, but here is one example.