By Dave Palmer
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The largest scale of internet attacks enlist thousands or tens of thousands of previously hacked computers to simultaneously attack and overwhelm the websites and e-commerce services of selected victims.
Whilst there is often media coverage of the victim organizations affected, and sometimes discussion about the motivation of the attackers, there is rarely any awareness by those computer owners that are participating in attacks and facilitating online crime.
Take a recent example from one of our clients. A server belonging to one of our customers in the London-based financial services industry was observed participating in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against a range of websites, as well as being involved in suspected criminal financial deals.
The server was observed making huge numbers of connections over a period of a few hours to a variety of foreign websites dedicated to online gaming. This was unusual compared to its normal everyday activities, which raised a warning alert.
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