There are ways in which the many stakeholders involved in improving the Internet can reduce the threat of DDoS attacks. One of the most notable examples of joint collaboration came out of the Network Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task … [Read more...] about Are there Best Practices for the Entire Internet to Help Mitigate Against DDoS Attacks?
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DDoS Case Study: Phil Nagy and the Winning Poker Network
Just As Phil Nagy, the founder of the Winning Poker Network and American Cardroom, was holding a big tournament last summer, his network was struck by a powerful denial-of-service attack, which forced Nagy into postponing or scrapping various events. … [Read more...] about DDoS Case Study: Phil Nagy and the Winning Poker Network
Shopper Holiday DDoS Attacks
Shopper holiday DDoS attacks are nothing new. Back in 2009, a DDoS attack on a major DNS provider took some of the web’s biggest online stores offline. The websites for Amazon and Wal-Mart were both taken down for an hour at the peak of the … [Read more...] about Shopper Holiday DDoS Attacks
Player Advantage DDoS Attacks: the Beginnings of DDoS
Player advantage DDoS attacks fall into a similar attack motivation bracket as business rivalry motivated attacks. We wrote elsewhere about this. Taking down or slowing the service of a rival competitor can significantly affect their bottom line, … [Read more...] about Player Advantage DDoS Attacks: the Beginnings of DDoS
Ransom Denial of Service (RDoS) Attacks Making a Comeback
As Corero Network Security noted in its most recent report focused on Q2 and Q3 of 2017, ransom denial of service (RDoS) attacks made a significant comeback last year. RDoS attacks enable cybercriminals to extort money from their targets. The … [Read more...] about Ransom Denial of Service (RDoS) Attacks Making a Comeback
Business Rivalry DDoS Attacks: Do Businesses Really Attack Each Other?
Business rivalry is thought to be the root cause of many DDoS attacks, say majority of DDoS victims. Research conducted last year by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International yielded several interesting insights into this mindset. They found that targeted … [Read more...] about Business Rivalry DDoS Attacks: Do Businesses Really Attack Each Other?
A Brief Timeline of DDoS Attacks
The primary threat to Internet services is the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. DDoS attacks have evolved over the last twenty years from a nuisance to a serious risk to governments and corporation continuity. They have also gone from … [Read more...] about A Brief Timeline of DDoS Attacks