Vital Pandemic Industries Foster Unprecedented DDoS Attack Activity, NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report Finds
Record-setting 10 million-plus DDoS attacks and 22% increase in attack frequency; WISR survey findings reinforce impact of global DDoS extortion attack campaign.
WESTFORD, Mass. (BUSINESS WIRE) NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC., (NASDAQ: NTCT) today announced findings from its bi-annual Threat Intelligence Report, punctuated by a record-setting 10,089,687 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks observed during 2020. Cybercriminals exploited vulnerabilities exposed by massive internet usage shifts since many users were no longer protected by enterprise-grade security. Attackers paid particular attention to vital pandemic industries such as e-commerce, streaming services, online learning, and healthcare generating a 20% year-over-year increase in attack frequency over 2019 plus a 22% increase in the last six months of 2020.
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WISR survey findings reinforce impact of global DDoS extortion attack campaign
WESTFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#DDoSAttackActivity NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC., (NASDAQ: NTCT) today announced findings from its bi-annual Threat Intelligence Report, punctuated by a record-setting 10,089,687 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks observed during 2020. Cybercriminals exploited vulnerabilities exposed by massive internet usage shifts since many users were no longer protected by enterprise-grade security. Attackers paid particular attention to vital pandemic industries such as e-commerce, streaming services, online learning, and healthcare generating a 20% year-over-year increase in attack frequency over 2019 plus a 22% increase in the last six months of 2020.
In August, a threat actor NETSCOUT dubbed Lazarus Bear Armada (LBA) launched one of the most sustained and extensive DDoS extortion campaigns yet seen, taking down the New Zealand sto
Why is Africa such a big cyber crime target?
News Highlights: Why is Africa such a big cyber crime target?. Dean Steenkamp, Check Point Channel Manager, Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa is firmly in the crosshairs of cyber criminals. Every day, the people, countries and businesses of the continent become the target of internal and external attackers who seek to steal data and money. The scope of these activities is staggering and deserves further attention. According to Check Point Research’s latest Threat Intelligence Report for Africa, the region saw an average of 1,293 weekly cyber attacks against African companies, compared to only 485 attacks per organization worldwide.
Nokia Threat Intelligence Report warns of rising cyberattacks on internet-connected devices Jueves, 22 Octubre 2020 03:00
·Report also highlights role of numerous COVID-19-themed cybercriminal campaigns aimed at exploiting user data
Espoo Finland - Cyberattacks on internet-connected devices continue to rise at an alarming rate due to poor security protections and cybercriminals use of automated tools to exploit these vulnerabilities, according to the latest Nokia Threat Intelligence Report.
The report found that Internet-connected, or IoT, devices now make up roughly 33% of infected devices, up from about 16% in 2019. The report’s findings are based on data aggregated from monitoring network traffic on more than 150 million devices globally where Nokia s NetGuard Endpoint Security product is deployed.
Risna Steenkamp, General Manager: ESM Division at Networks Unlimited Africa
Did you ever think about the âtaxâ you pay as an organisation in the event of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack? In a nutshell, DDoS attacks by threat actors donât only have a negative effect on businesses and their customers â they also take up quantities of internet bandwidth without paying for it. This means that the cost of this traffic falls on the shoulders of every business that does pay for the internet service.
This is according to the NETSCOUT â2020 1H Threat Intelligence Reportâ, in which NETSCOUT, a leading global provider of service assurance, security and business analytics, introduces its DDoS Attack Coefficient. The figure summarises the amount of DDoS traffic going through regional networks at any given time, and the resultant âDDoS taxâ that attack victims pay as a result of DDoS traffic.Â