The flaw affects OpenSSL versions 1.02, 1.1.1, and 3.0, all of which have been patched. OpenSSL is a core component of Unix and Linux-based systems, and is also bundled into software applications that run on Windows.

Israeli government sites are back online after being struck with a distributed denial of service cyberattack on March 15. 

Owners of the globally popular and cheap MikroTik brand of home routers inadvertently were involved in an attempt to take down Russian search engine giant Yandex in September, when the MikroTik-based Mēris botnet was used in a record-breaking DDoS attack.

Researchers say potential vulnerabilities in the IoT devices that run on BusyBox could cause denial of service attacks or remote code execution.

Record 2.4 terabits-per-second attack on the Microsoft Azure customer eclipsed a DDoS attack on Amazon Web Services in Q1 2020.

Black Storm reflective attack uses spoofed IP addresses and internet-connected devices to inundate victims with ICMP packet replies.

The attacks appear to be directed through a massive, 20,000 IoT device botnet, with a disproportionate amount of devices, more than a combined 30 percent, located in Indonesia and Brazil.