DDoS Threat Pulse – August 2026

This month’s DDoS Threat Pulse examines the attacks and failures that reveal how disruption can spread far beyond the intended target.

From a national login system whose outage affected banks that were never attacked, to a 600 Gbps assault that overwhelmed a hosting provider, the report explores hidden dependencies and critical resilience gaps. It also looks at how an hour-long DDoS attack caused four days of disruption during recovery, a ransomware-style campaign targeting small ISPs, and new research showing how attackers could potentially turn trusted CDNs into a source of amplified attack traffic.