While there are many advantages to cloud-based DDoS scrubbing, which filters malicious traffic from legitimate, there are several disadvantages as well. These include: - Scrubbing centers are only able to monitor inbound traffic - As outbound … [Read more...] about What are the Disadvantages to Cloud-based DDoS Scrubbing?
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Big Data Analysis and DDoS
Big data aims to offer an answer to the outdated nature of detection appliances by offering the ability to baseline based on network-wide data, which increases accuracy of detection. A machine learning approach allows for greater granularity of … [Read more...] about Big Data Analysis and DDoS
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
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?
How to Select a DDoS Protection Service: Part II
Numerous factors are important in selecting a DDoS protection service. As we covered in the first post, three of the most important areas to look at are infrastructure, methodology and deployment. Two further categories to consider include the level … [Read more...] about How to Select a DDoS Protection Service: Part II
How to Protect Your Business from DDoS
By having your business online, you are immediately a target for hackers. Market research tells us that DDoS attacks are becoming ever more popular and sophisticated, and can cause serious financial damage when they occur. According to the U.S. … [Read more...] about How to Protect Your Business from DDoS
What is The Digital Attack Map?
The Digital Attack Map is a free online resource, which allows you to observe in real time the top DDoS attacks worldwide on a daily basis. Data shown represents only the top 1% of reported attacks around the world. The map allows you to search … [Read more...] about What is The Digital Attack Map?
IoT Case Study 2: Reaper
The mammoth botnet of 2017 was “Reaper”, also known as “IoT Troop”, which compared to its parallel of 2016, “Mirai”, looks set to have a considerably larger impact and is significantly more complicated. Looking back, the Mirai botnet seems … [Read more...] about IoT Case Study 2: Reaper