Data is someting of important in digital society. The number of distributed denial of service attacks in the second quarter of 2015 has hit record highs according to the latest State of the Internet report from Akamai. DDoS attacks grew seven percent since the last quarter and a
staggering 132 percent compared to this time last year. In the quarter
there were also 12 attacks that were categorized as "mega attacks,"
peaking at more than 1,000 gigabits per second (Gbps) and 50 million
packets per second (Mpps).
Very few organizations can defend against these kinds of attacks,
said the report. Mega attacks have become more frequent, increasing from
last quarter's report but not as high the 17 recorded in Q3 2014.
The biggest DDoS attack recorded in the quarter lasted for over 13
hours at 240 Gbps a second. Attacks typically last about one to two
hours.
One thing that has remained constant compared to the last report is
China. The country is marked once again as the top source for producing
DDoS attacks. The US and UK came in second and third as sources of
attacks.
Online gaming
networks have become the most frequent target for DDoS attacks and have
been the number one target for over a year, added the report. They are
the victims of 35 percent of DDoS attacks. Telecoms were another prime
target.
"The threat posed by distributed denial of service (DDoS) and web
application attacks continues to grow each quarter," said Akamai's John
Summers, VP of the Cloud Security Business Unit, Akamai. "Malicious
actors are continually changing the game by switching tactics, seeking
out new vulnerabilities and even bringing back old techniques that were
considered outdated."
DDoS attacks have become a common means for cybercriminals to distract a target's security, said Akamai's senior security advocate Martin McKeay. Most recently UK-based phone carrier Carphone Warehouse was targeted with DDoS attacks while hackers stole millions of customers' data.
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