Just in February, another two amplification DDoS attacks caught our attention. They are respectively abusing Plex Media Servers and Powerhouse VPN servers to amplify junk traffic to victims. Abuse Plex Media Server for Amplification Attacks On 3rd February, according to ZDNet, DDoS-for-hire services have found a way to abuse Plex...
Tag: DDoS attacks
Design of Protection Against HTTPS-Targeted DDoS Attacks
As more and more Internet business is switched to the encrypted HTTPS from the plaintext HTTP, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against HTTPS are also on the rise, including attacks targeting the SSL/TLS handshake and HTTPS services. Protecting against HTTPS-targeted DDoS attacks has always been a hard nut to...
DDoS Attack Landscape 7
Attack Gang Size Gang Size Figure 3-27 shows the distribution of our identified IP gangs by size. Two gangs consist of over 10,000 members and the largest gang has 88,000 members. (more…)
How NSFOCUS ADS KO’s DDoS Attacks
What Is DDoS? Look at the following example: Assume that you run a shop that is doing well. At this time, your neighbor, Mr. Wang (or whatever his name is), whose business is slack, looks at you as an eyesore. Therefore, he hires a group of hooligans. Then you find...
Have Rich Game Customers Who Suffered DDoS Attacks Turned to You?
According to NSFOCUS 2018 DDoS Attack Trend Report, the gaming sector has become the second biggest victim of DDoS attacks, receiving 27.6% of the total number of attacks. (more…)
DDoS Attacks and Mitigation
Nowadays, the advancement of information technology has brought tremendous convenience to people. Whether it is social networking or ecommerce, the Internet has become an integral and essential part of our lives. As Internet brought new opportunities, it also created new threats. DDoS is one of the most destructive form of...
