"Radware Report Sees Religion Fueling More DDoS Attacks"

According to a report published by Radware, in just two months, hacktivists claimed to have launched over 1,800 Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks in an effort to advance various political and religious causes. The analysis of claims made on social media sites from February 18 and April 18 of 2023 revealed that while hacktivism increased at the beginning of the war in Ukraine, religious groups continue to launch more DDoS attacks. Pascal Geenens, director of threat intelligence at Radware, stated that Muslim-affiliated groups have been particularly active, with Anonymous Sudan, Mysterious Team, and Team Insane PK, ranking among the top four DDoS claimants. These four were followed by the pro-Russia hacktivist group NoName057(16), which accounted for 30 percent of all threat actors claiming credit for DDoS attacks. In the long term, organizations should expect that the number of DDoS attacks they face will only increase, either directly or as a result of being associated with other issues. Geenens noted that organizations operating in a particular country could be subjected to DDoS attacks because of politics or issues in which they are only tangentially involved. This article continues to discuss religion fueling DDoS attacks as well as the growth in such attacks. 

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