DDoS Attackers Change Techniques To Wallop Sites

  • 18 April 2014
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Criminals behind distributed denial of service attacks are relying less on traditional botnets and more on techniques capable of launching larger assaults on websites.
Prolexic Technology, which is owned by Akamai, describes the trend toward so-called "reflection and amplification" techniques in its first quarter Global DDoS Attack Report released Thursday. The technique was used in an attack in the quarter that generated peak traffic of more than 200 Gb per second, the largest ever recorded by Prolexic.
 
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The following article is a update on DDoS Attackes
 
(Dispelling the myths behind DDoS attacks)
 
By/ by Jag Bains - CTO at DOSarrest - Tuesday, 8 July 2014.
 
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are quickly becoming the preferred method for cyber attackers to wreak havoc on the internet. With a recent spate of attention grabbing headlines focused on the hacker's favorite tool, this article busts some myths about DDoS attacks.
 
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