In June 2016, Netflix researchers tried out a DDoS attack against itself. Security engineer Scott Behrens ran an infrastructure test on the streaming service as part of a presentation to coworkers. They watched Behrens take the site down; but instead … [Read more...] about Netflix’s Self-DDoS Attack on Behalf of the Internet
DDoS Protection Service: Akamai
Akamai is one of the world’s largest DDoS protection service providers. It offers two kinds of service that use different protection measures: Prolexic and Kona Site Defender. Prolexic is grounded in border gateway protocol (BGP) that routes … [Read more...] about DDoS Protection Service: Akamai
DDoS Protection Service: Verizon
Verizon Enterprise Solutions, previously known as EdgeCast Networks, entered the cloud security space with their own WAF product in 2014. The CDN has offered network layer DDoS protection to its customers at no additional cost since its outset, … [Read more...] about DDoS Protection Service: Verizon
MemCached DDoS and Ransomware
Over the past week, it has become clear that attackers are seizing the memached DDoS attack vector as an opportunity to extract payments from attacked companies. Akamai reported that a group of DDoS attacks executed using memcached servers were … [Read more...] about MemCached DDoS and Ransomware
Corero Issues a “Kill Switch” Against MemCaching DDoS Attacks
Researchers at DDoS protection firm Corero Network Security have released a post stating that the memcached amplification attacks that hit GitHub and other networks over the last week with the largest ever DDoS attacks can be disarmed with a … [Read more...] about Corero Issues a “Kill Switch” Against MemCaching DDoS Attacks
What is Memcached DDoS?
Memcached is a tool used to cache data and lessen strain on large data stores, such as disk or databases. The memcached protocol involves the server being queried for information about key value stories. It was built to be used on systems that are … [Read more...] about What is Memcached DDoS?
Massive Memcached DDoS Attacks Mark Largest Ever
Last week, code repository GitHub experienced the most powerful DDoS attack recorded to date at 1.35 Tbps. No botnet was required, and it used an increasingly popular DDoS method. GitHub’s site was only down for 10 minutes as it automatically … [Read more...] about Massive Memcached DDoS Attacks Mark Largest Ever
DDoS Protection Service: F5 Networks
F5 Networks recently acquired Defense.net, which has led it to alter its services, now offering cloud-based, on-site and hybrid deployment methods. F5 Silverline Protection is well equipped for sophisticated and volumetric DDoS attacks. In terms of … [Read more...] about DDoS Protection Service: F5 Networks
DDoS Protection Service: Cloudflare
Cloudflare offers a variety of security features alongside its CDN services, always including DDoS protection and a range of pricing tiers, including a free option. All four pricing options include unmetered mitigation of DDoS attacks; the business … [Read more...] about DDoS Protection Service: Cloudflare
DDoS Protection Service: DOSarrest
DOSarrest has been in operation for over 11 years of experience, and specializes in DDoS protection in addition to offering CDN and other services. It claims to guarantee is customers “99.99% uptime” and offers a global network capacity of a huge 3 … [Read more...] about DDoS Protection Service: DOSarrest
Mirai and Minecraft
When the three U.S. hackers, Paras Jha, Josiah White and Dalton Norman, pled guilty to creating the Mirai botnet last year, it became apparent from a Wired investigation that the three had created the botnet in the first place to create a competitive … [Read more...] about Mirai and Minecraft
Key Takeaways on DDoS from Akamai’s Q4 2017 Report
Akamai’s latest security report, focused on Q4 2017, noted that DDoS attacks went up by 14% year-on-year. Application-layer attacks rose by 115% quarter by quarter, however, they still comprised under 1% of all DDoS attacks. Year-on-year, there was … [Read more...] about Key Takeaways on DDoS from Akamai’s Q4 2017 Report
DDoS Protection Service: Arbor Cloud
Arbor Cloud offers an extremely large network of 8TB of bandwidth, meaning it is well prepared for volumetric attacks. The security division of NetScout more than doubled the capacity of Arbor Cloud from 2Tbps to 4 Tbps across the first half of 2017, … [Read more...] about DDoS Protection Service: Arbor Cloud
DDoS Protection Service: Imperva Incapsula
Imperva Incapsula has a growing global network with 27 data centers around the world (focused in North America, Europe and Asia), which gives it a huge network capacity and large-scale scrubbing capacities as well. Imperva claims its network of local … [Read more...] about DDoS Protection Service: Imperva Incapsula
Is Layer 7 DoS Protection Necessary?
An increasing number of DDoS attacks are aimed directly at Layer 7 (applications). They tend to be disguised to look like real traffic. Layer 7 is often targeted after attacks at the Layer 3 and Layer 4 level have failed. The ability to mitigate a … [Read more...] about Is Layer 7 DoS Protection Necessary?