Nexusguard, a specialist in DDoS attack mitigation, produces a security threat report on a quarterly basis, based on the real-time data it collects year-round on threats facing businesses and service-provider networks around the globe. Nexusguard … [Read more...] about Nexusguard DDoS Threat Report for Q4-2017
multi-vector attacks
Multi-Vector DDoS Attacks are on the Rise
Multi-vector DDoS attacks are when an attacker quickly shifts from launching one kind of DDoS attack to another to another. Chaining together different forms of DDoS attack has become a popular mode of attack since late 2015, and shows no sign of … [Read more...] about Multi-Vector DDoS Attacks are on the Rise
Arbor Networks 13th Security Report: Key Findings
In October 2017, NETSCOUT Arbor collected data from 390 individuals within the operational security community to compile the company’s 13th annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR). 128 freeform and multiple choice questions were asked … [Read more...] about Arbor Networks 13th Security Report: Key Findings
What is Cloud-based DDoS Scrubbing?
Cloud-based scrubbing employs separate DDoS traffic-cleaning engines to ‘scrub’ clean traffic, filtering bad from good. It is essentially used as an additional layer of protection during a DDoS attack rather than a primary mitigation … [Read more...] about What is Cloud-based DDoS Scrubbing?
2017 Trends in DDoS, According to Corero
Cybersecurity firm Corero Network Security issued a year-end report, focused on Q2 and Q3 2017, showing that DDoS attacks had doubled over the six month period. Its researchers largely attributed this rapid growth to unsecured Internet of Things … [Read more...] about 2017 Trends in DDoS, According to Corero