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DNS amplification attacks swelled in the second quarter of this year, with the amplified attacks spiking more than 1,000% compared with Q2 2018, according to Nexusguard. Researchers attributed Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) with fuelin… Continue reading DNSSEC fueling new wave of DNS amplification attacks
Despite a recent crackdown by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), there has been a more than 400% increase in the volume of attacks being launched via DDoS-for-hire sites in the last quarter. That’s according to a new report from Nexusgua… Continue reading DDoS-for-Hire Sites Bounce Back
According to a new report, average and maximum DDoS attack sizes decreased by 85.36% and 23.91%. Continue reading FBI crackdown on DDoS-for-hire sites led to 85% slash in attack sizes
The FBI’s shutdown of the 15 largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) for hire vendors (booters) reduced the overall number of attacks worldwide by nearly 11 percent compared to the same period last year. Along with the fewer total attacks, the ave… Continue reading Average DDoS attack sizes decrease 85% due to FBI’s shutdown of DDoS-for-hire websites
The Nexusguard Q3 2018 Threat Report has revealed the emergence of an extremely stealthy DDoS attack pattern targeting communications service providers (CSPs). Comparison between normal attack traffic and attack traffic with legitimate traffic This new… Continue reading SSDP amplification attacks rose 639%
DNS amplification types of DDoS attacks doubled in the first quarter of 2018 over last quarter, and spiked nearly 700 percent year-over-year, according to Nexusguard. Nexusguard’s scanning and attack Memcached honeypot Nexusguard’s Q1 2018 Threat Repor… Continue reading DNS amplification attacks double in Q1 2018
Three out of every four DDoS attacks employed blended, multi-vector approaches in the second quarter of 2017, according to Nexusguard. Distribution of DDoS attack vectors The quarterly report, which measured more than 8,300 attacks, demonstrated that hackers continued to rely on volumetric attacks to overwhelm system resources. For example, UDP-based attacks increased by 15 percent this quarter, targeting hijacked devices connected to the IoT, and overtaking SYN, HTTP Flood and other popular volumetric attacks in … More → Continue reading Three out of four DDoS attacks target multiple vectors
DDoS attacks increasingly formed blended attacks of four or more vulnerabilities over the course of the fourth quarter of 2016, with an intent to overload targeted monitoring, detection and logging systems, according to Nexusguard. Hybrid attacks were a common attack pattern against financial and government institutions. DDoS botnet activity: Top attacking countries The supersized Mirai attack from Q3 set the stage for Q4 challenges, resulting in a ripple of botnets from connected devices and the … More → Continue reading DDoS attacks increasingly form blended attacks of more vulnerabilities