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DDoS attack activity: 10 million-plus attacks and 22% increase in attack frequency

14

Apr

2021

Netscout announced findings from its bi-annual Threat Intelligence Report, punctuated by a record-setting 10,089,687 DDoS attacks observed during 2020. Cybercriminals exploited vulnerabilities exposed by massive internet usage shifts since many users were no longer protected by enterprise-grade security. Attackers paid particular attention to vital pandemic industries such as e-commerce, streaming services, online learning, and healthcare […]

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DDoS attacks in 2021: What to expect?

30

Mar

2021

We’re only three months into 2021, and Akamai has mitigated 3 out of the 6 largest DDoS attacks they have ever witnessed. Two of these hit the same company on the same day, and the attackers’ goal was extort money from the target. “Growing” DDoS attacks Hoping for a major Bitcoin payout, DDoS attackers continue […]

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Threat Actors Can Exploit Windows RDP Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks

22

Jan

2021

Cybercriminals can exploit Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) as a powerful tool to amplify distributed denial-of-service (DDoS attacks), new research has found. Attackers can abuse RDP to launch UDP reflection/amplification attacks with an amplification ratio of 85.9:1, principal engineer Roland Dobbins and senior network security analyst Steinthor Bjarnason from Netscout said in a report published […]

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