🟠 High | Source: The Register — Security
Geopolitically motivated DDoS attacks linked to the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, as well as the FIFA World Cup, have driven a 519% surge in attack traffic, with peaks reaching 1 Tbps. Publishers and media organisations are the primary targets, likely due to their role in shaping public narrative. The scale and frequency of these attacks represent a significant operational risk for internet-facing infrastructure.
Security Architect’s Take: Review your DDoS mitigation tiers now — ensure your cloud-based scrubbing capacity and upstream provider agreements can absorb multi-Tbps attack volumes, and validate that auto-scaling and traffic absorption policies are tested against volumetric scenarios well above your current baseline thresholds.
Original advisory: Two wars and a World Cup lead to epic DDoS attacks on publishers