DDoS

Key Takeaways: A new UDP reflection/amplification DDoS vector is observed in the wild. The surprising nature of the abusable reflectors/amplifiers. Recommended DDoS Defense and Best Current Practices (BCPs) for ARMS. Anatomy of a New DDoS Vector One of the ground truths of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) defense is that literally any kind of packet can be utilized to launch an attack against a host, service, application, or network. And when attackers initially identify a service or...

DDoS attacks can be catastrophic, but the right knowledge and tactics can drastically improve your chances of successfully mitigating attacks. In this article, we’ll explore the five ways, listed below, that automation can significantly improve response times during a DDoS attack, while assessing the means to block such attacks. Response time is critical for every enterprise because, in our hyper-connected world, DDoS attacks cause downtime, and downtime means money lost. The longer your systems are...

A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN) adds Zero-day Automated Protection (ZAP) capabilities to its leading Thunder Threat Protection System (TPS) family of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) defence solutions. The ZAP capabilities automatically recognise the characteristics of DDoS attacks and apply mitigation filters without advanced configuration or manual intervention. This speeds the response to the increasingly sophisticated multi-vector attacks to minimise downtime and errors and lower operating costs. Today’s DDoS attacks are more prevalent, multi-vector in nature...

In the first quarter of 2019, the number of DDoS attacks increased by 84%, compared with Q4 2018. In particular, there has been outstanding growth in the amount of attacks that lasted more than an hour, along with the average duration of such attacks. Figures from Kaspersky Lab’s DDoS Q1 2019 report show that there has been a resurgence in DDoS methods, with malefactors focusing on longer attacks. Last year the number of DDoS attacks...

By Vitaly Simonovich and Dima Bekerman DDoS attacks have always been a major threat to network infrastructure and web applications. Attackers are always creating new ways to exploit legitimate services for malicious purposes, forcing us to constantly research DDoS attacks in our CDN to build advanced mitigations. We recently investigated a DDoS attack which was generated mainly from users in Asia. In this case, attackers used a common HTML5 attribute, the tag ping, to trick...

The cost to the UK economy of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks may now exceed £1 billion each year, research from NETSCOUT today reveals. 91% of major enterprises who had experienced a DDoS attack in 2018 experienced network downtime as a direct result. That downtime lasted for 30 minutes or more for nearly half the companies questioned, and an unlucky (or ill-prepared) 9% found their systems impacted for more than four hours. The average...

Neustar®, Inc., a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information services, announced today that it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide DDoS Prevention Solutions 2018- 2019 Vendor Assessment (DOC # US43699318 March 2019). In the published excerpt, Neustar’s advanced features, functionality, detection and mitigation techniques were all cited as strengths within the DDoS space. IDC MarketScape is the industry's premier vendor assessment tool, providing in-depth quantitative and qualitative technology market assessments of...

By 2020, Gartner predicts the total number of IoT devices will reach 20.4 billion. At the same time, DDoS attacks are on the rise, with Cisco estimating that the number of DDoS attacks exceeding 1 gigabit of traffic per second will soar to 3.1 million by 2021. While correlation does not equal causation, in this case I believe that the two are connected. There is indeed evidence to show that IoT devices are a common...

Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, today announced enhancements designed to help businesses accelerate their cloud migration strategy. The new features protect content, apps, and APIs, accelerate web and mobile experiences, and help make development teams more agile as they move to the cloud. “Eighty-five percent of companies today have a hybrid cloud strategy, but many have begun to realize that the cloud brings significant challenges to security,...

The Kaspersky Lab DDoS Q4 Report covering statistics of the last quarter and the whole of 2018 highlights a 13% decline in the overall number of DDoS attacks when compared with the statistics from the previous year. However, the duration of mixed and HTTP flood attacks is growing, which suggests that malefactors are turning to more sophisticated DDoS attack techniques. The low cost of DDoS-as-hire makes such attacks one of the most affordable cyberweapons for...