DDoS attacks – more than just disruption?
December 21, 2015
Track: General Security
Author: Vann Abernethy, Field CTO, NSFOCUS
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks have been around for decades and have been increasing in popularity due to the relative ease in carrying one out. Traditionally, the purpose of these attacks has been to make a site or service unavailable to its intended users for some duration via either flood-type attacks or application-layer attacks (which are smaller, but just as effective) that overwhelm the target’s network or systems. (more…)
Anatomy of an attack – DNS amplification
December 14, 2015
Track: Technical
Author: Vann Abernethy, Field CTO, NSFOCUS
DNS amplification attacks ramp up the power of a botnet when targeting a victim. The basic technique of a DNS amplification attack is to spoof the IP of the intended target and send a request for a large DNS zone file to any number of open recursive DNS servers. The DNS servers blindly respond to the request, sending the large DNS zone response to the attack target. (more…)
The financial impact of DDoS attacks: The devil is in the details
December 7, 2015
Track: Business
Author: Dave Martin, Director of Product Marketing, NSFOCUS
Even if you have not yet been the victim of a DDoS attack it is helpful to examine the financial impact of a potential attack on your organization for the purposes of doing risk assessment or for calculating the payback period of a DDoS protection solution. (more…)
Modern DDoS attacks: When Moore’s law meets Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
December 4, 2015
Author: Dave Martin, Director of Product Marketing, NSFOCUS
What would happen if you combined Moore’s law with Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and applied them to DDoS attacks? Unfortunately, modern DDoS attacks seem to embody this idea perfectly as both the frequency and complexity of these attacks have become truly staggering in just a short amount of time.
IANS Boston Information Security Forum
November 2, 2015
IANS Boston Information Security Forum November 2-3, 2016
e-Crime & Information Security Qatar 2016
November 1, 2015
e-Crime & Information Security Qatar 2016 November, 2016 Qatar
e-Crime & Information Security Mid-Year
October 20, 2015
e-Crime & Information Security Mid-Year October 20, 2016 London, UK
IANS Atlanta Information Security Forum
October 18, 2015
IANS Atlanta Information Security Forum October 18-19, 2016 Hyatt Regency
GovWare 2016
October 5, 2015
GovWare 2016 October 10-12, 2016 Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre
