Threat actors are using a previously discovered distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack tool dubbed XOR DDoS to launch upwards of 20 DoS attacks a day against targets in Asia and other parts of the world. The attacks have been focused mainly on the gaming and education sectors, Akamai said in its State of the Internet report released this week. The company said it has mitigated several attacks directed against its clients, including two in August, one of which generated nearly 179 Gbps of traffic.”]