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Muhammad Zulhusni @ Tech Wire Asia 1 place · 10/18/2024 07:25 EDT

Gorilla botnet wreaks havoc with 300,000 global DDoS attacks

Gorilla Botnet launches over 300,000 DDoS attacks. Organisations must strengthen security with firewalls, DDoS protection, and traffic filtering. A new botnet named Gorilla (also known as GorillaBot) is creating headlines in the cybersecurity industry, and its origins can be traced back to the infamous Mirai botnet. For those unfamiliar, a botnet is a network of... Read more »

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