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Cloudflare sees massive rise in attacks targeting media, nonprofits and human rights groups
- Cloudflare's report on cyberattacks targeting civil society organizations reveals a surge in attacks, with application-layer DDoS attacks surpassing web exploit attempts.
- Project Galileo by Cloudflare provides free cybersecurity protection to at-risk organizations like media, nonprofits, and human rights groups to defend against cyber threats.
- In the period up to March 31, Cloudflare blocked 108.9 billion threats targeted at Galileo-protected entities, marking a 241% increase from the previous year.
- Independent media and journalists were the most targeted groups, facing over 97 billion blocked requests, followed by civil society and human rights organizations with nearly 9 billion requests.
- Environmental and disaster relief groups experienced over 1 billion malicious requests, posing risks to critical emergency updates and operations.
- Social welfare organizations, including healthcare providers, were hit with 1.5 billion attacks, with one incident impacting a Polish healthcare charity just before a major fundraiser.
- Complex, multi-day attacks were observed, as seen in a 12-day campaign against Tech4Peace, demonstrating strategies to test and bypass defenses.
- Cloudflare also detected coordinated attacks on Ukrainian public safety websites during Russian drone strikes, possibly aiming to disrupt real-time alert systems.
- The report underlines the vulnerability of human rights groups to cyber threats due to limited resources for strong cybersecurity defenses, emphasizing the need to protect these organizations.
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