Security Threat Report on rise of DDoS attacks
NetScout Systems Inc. published new research
- Observed 7 million DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks in second half of 2023
- Increase of 15%
- Hacking groups such as NoName057 and Anonymous Sudan are ramping up DDoS attacks
- “Global adversaries have become more sophisticated in past year”
- “overloading servers to lockout customers and inflict digital chaos”
- “relentless barrage of DDoS threats drives up costs and creates security fatigue”
- “attacker uses a single internet connection to barrage a target with fake requests”
- Attacker may also hack into “devices and install malicious piece of code or malware”
- “attack may last anywhere from a few hours to a few months”