Arnnet: The financial services industry is under threat from distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks, and while none have been successful in downing a major marketplace, Prolexic president, Stuart Scholly, warns against complacency.
Forensics carried out by the Prolexic Security and Engineering Team (PLXsert) have identified a trend towards market manipulation whereby DDoS attacks appear intent on lowering the target’s stock price or currency values, or temporarily preventing trades from occurring.