The Early Days: 2004-2007 There were many radical shifts in scale to the Internet across this period. In 2004, the Internet2 backbone (Abilene) was upgraded from 2.5gb/sec to 10gb/sec. and was set to deploy the next generation Internet protocol, … [Read more...] about The Early Days of DDoS Protection & Mitigation – Part 3
Russia
The Demise of the Election Hacking Kelihos Botnet
Last April, the U.S. Justice Department was finally able to report that a suspect had been arrested in the Kelihos botnet case. Peter Yuryevich Levashov, a Russian citizen who allegedly ran the Kelihos botnet since at least 2010, was arrested in … [Read more...] about The Demise of the Election Hacking Kelihos Botnet
Nation State DDoS attacks: From 2007 to Today
Cyberattacks led by one nation state or another happen all the time. It’s not always easy to attribute direct blame for them, including DDoS attacks, as the players rarely take public responsibility for their actions. International concerns over … [Read more...] about Nation State DDoS attacks: From 2007 to Today