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1. original reporting

   Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report H1 2026: 1 Tbps attacks soar as DNS floods and geopolitical tensions drive a new wave

   malware.news · 62d ago · August 12th, 2026

   From Cloudflare’s new report: Key insights The 1 Tbps club grew. Cloudflare mitigated a combined 935 network-layer DDoS attacks exceeding 1 Tbps in the first half of 2026 and a +519% quarter-over-quarter surge between Q1 and Q2. The attack-vector center of gravity shifted from botnet floods to reflection and amplification. DNS-based attacks accounted for 34.3%… Source Article Link: https://databreaches.net/2026/08/12/cloudflare-ddos-threat-report-h1-2026-1-tbps-attacks-soar-as-dns-floods-and-geopolitical-tensions-drive-a-new-wave/

2. update from bleepingcomputer.com

   DDoS attacks over 1 Tbps surged fivefold in the second quarter

   bleepingcomputer.com · 63d ago · August 11th, 2026

   Cloudflare says it mitigated more than 800 network-layer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks exceeding 1 Tbps in the second quarter of the year. Compared with the first quarter, when the company recorded just 130 attacks above 1 Tbps, the latest figure represents a more than fivefold increase. Cloudflare is a major web infrastructure and security firm that provides CDN, DNS, reverse-proxy, and DDoS protection services to customers worldwide, protecting roughly 20% of the web. The company's services sit between DDoS botnets and their intended targets, allowing it to observe and absorb attacks at enormous scale. Recently, the company mitigated a record-breaking attack that peaked at 31.4 Tbps and 200 million requests per second , launched by the Aisuru/Kimwolf botnet. In a new report shared with BleepingComputer and presented earlier today at the Black Hat security conference, Cloudflare says that in the first half of the year it mitigated 23.2 million network-layer DDoS attacks and 29.64 trillion malicious HTTP requests. The most significant increase refers to extremely large network-layer attacks exceeding 1 Tbps, which rose 519% quarter over quarter. However, the company observed an overall jump in less severe attacks, too. Those between 500 Gbps and 1 Tbps, increased by 143%, while those between 100 and 500 Gbps rose 105%. Attack size shares in Q1 and Q2 2026 Source: Cloudflare Despite the growth in very large attacks, most incidents remained comparatively smal

3. update from gbhackers.com

   Cloudflare Mitigates 23.2 Million DDoS Attacks as 1 Tbps Attacks Surge 519%

   gbhackers.com · 61d ago · August 13th, 2026

   This underscores a significant increase in both the frequency and intensity of Internet-scale attacks. The company’s latest DDoS Threat Report, produced by its Cloudforce One threat intelligence team, combines data collected from January to […] The post Cloudflare Mitigates 23.2 Million DDoS Attacks as 1 Tbps Attacks Surge 519% appeared first on GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform .