Killnet and AnonymousSudan DDoS attack Australian university websites, and threaten more attacks — here’s what to do about it
Mar 29, 2023Patrick R. Donahue, Ben Munroe
Summary
This post details Cloudflare's observation and mitigation of DDoS attacks targeting Australian universities by Killnet and AnonymousSudan. It explains the nature of these hacktivist groups and their attack methodologies, highlighting the increasing scale and audacity of such attacks. The post also provides specific recommendations for Cloudflare customers to enhance their DDoS protection, including enabling managed rulesets, adaptive DDoS protection, firewall rules, rate-limiting, and bot fight mode, reinforcing the company's commitment to providing unmetered and unlimited DDoS protection.
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