It’s not your imagination: DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks are ramping up. Researchers at the Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis, based at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego, did a comprehensive study of DDoS attacks from March 2015 to February 2017. What they found far exceeded what most big companies were reporting by almost a thousand times. Fully one third of the Internet was under attack. (And that was only a study of DDoS, not other kinds of security issues.)
- Live Map of Cyber Attacks Shows How Big the Problem Has Become [Inverse] “As Glover-Jones pointed out, the wide scope of cyber capabilities available for hire or purchase online mean widespread attacks can be performed by nearly anyone, not just military intelligence agencies.”
- Fear the Reaper? Experts reassess the botnet’s size and firepower [ZDNet] “A breakdown of the Reaper botnet shows that the loader used to infect vulnerable devices may have more firepower in its arsenal than a traditional DDoS-for-hire botnet. While the Mirai botnet was a point-and-shoot botnet that could be used to hose systems with vast amounts of bandwidth, Reaper can be used to run complex attack scripts on infected devices. “
- Watch Cyberwar in Real-Time on This Live Map [Visual Capitalist] “Today’s most active battlefield is not located on the ground, in the air, or on the mighty seas. It’s taking place on the internet – and if you’re still a non-believer, spend a few minutes with the above live map to watch a representation of cyber attacks as they happen.”
- DDoS Attacks Become More Frequent in Q3, with Linux Dominating [Infosecurity Group] “Kaspersky Lab experts also saw a growing number of DDoS attacks on gaming services, including Final Fantasy, Blizzard Entertainment, American Cardroom and the UK National Lottery.”
From the Ohio Web Library:
- Nexusguard research reveals three out of four DDoS attacks target multiple vectors. (Marketwired. (2017, October 2). Nexusguard research reveals three out of four DDoS attacks target multiple vectors. Marketwire (English).)
- Neustar Research Reveals 92 Percent of Brands Attacked with DDoS Just Once Suffer Theft (Neustar, I. (0010, November). Neustar Research Reveals 92 Percent of Brands Attacked with DDoS Just Once Suffer Theft. Business Wire (English).)
- How Homeland Security plans to end the scourge of DDoS attacks (liya Sternstein, C. (2017, March 8). How Homeland Security plans to end the scourge of DDoS attacks. Christian Science Monitor. p. N.PAG.)
