Distributed denial of service attacks are on the rise, even as attack volume falls. According to the article, total DDoS attacks increased 129 percent in Q2 2016 from Q2 2015, and during the second quarter, Akamai mitigated a total of 4.919 DDoS attacks.
This reminds me of last week’s article that talked about 911 emergency phone system is vulnerable to DDoS attacks. When the total volume of attack falls, DDoS is still a major way that used by hackers since it is relatively simple. This gives FCC another warning, they should solve the problem as soon as possible.
The article also mentioned, as far as regional notes go, Brazil experienced a 197% increase in attacks sources from the region-the top country of origin for all web application attacks. The United States meanwhile ranked second among countries for total web application attacks, seeing a 13% decrease in attacks compared to Q1 2016.
Link: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ddos-sees-tripledigit-growth-in/
Wade Mackey says
One thing the article didn’t discuss is that DDoS protections are getting much better. So yes, there is a lot of growth in DDoS, but it is getting less and less effective as companies adopt DDoS protection systems. Akamai is one of the major suppliers of this service.
Wade
Noah J Berson says
It is interesting to consider the race in DDOS power vs. DDOS protection. I think DDOS volume being down is at least a good thing since multiple companies are popping up to help defend companies. There is a danger of this becoming a protection racket however.
The bad news is as we require faster connections and shorter latency times, DDOS protection gets exponentially harder. DDOS protection for static websites are easy for services like Akamai but protecting things like gaming servers or even live financial data may be extremely hard.
Roberto Nogueda says
I am not surprise to learn that DDoS is becoming even more popular, it’s like the old say, if it works, keep riding it.
The reason why we keep hearing about these attacks is because more people are becoming evil and learning the negatives of how to user and respect computer systems, butd they keep forgetting that sooner or later, they will get caught.
Thank you,
Roberto.