The number of DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2015 doubled from a year ago. In comparison with the fourth quarter of 2014, showed an increase of 35 percent. This is evident from the latest safety technology from Akamai
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The company calls it remarkable that the form of many DDoS attacks has changed . “We see that DDoS attacks are carried out more efficiently. Hence the trend toward smaller attacks that last longer and ultimately more revenue “, says Hans Nipshagen Akamai Benelux. Last year, DDoS attacks much bandwidth and did not last very long. In the first quarter of this year generated average DDoS attack less than 10 gigabits per second (Gbps), but lasted more than 24 hours.
Cybercriminals are focusing increasingly on Internet-connected home and office equipment, including routers, media servers, webcams, smart TVs and printers. This increase is mainly due to the growing popularity of the Internet of Things (IoT).
In the first quarter of 2015 20 percent of all attacks Simple Service Discovery Protocol attacks (SSDP) consisted while in the first and second quarter of last year did not appear in the statistics. SSDP is the network protocol used by home and office devices to communicate with each other. Insufficiently protected or wrong configuration, they can relatively easily by hackers abused.
Game Industry
The game industry remains lucrative for attackers. In the past year, 35 percent of all DDoS attacks directed at this industry. “Every minute offline costing them a lot of money, which makes this sector very vulnerable to blackmail,” Nipshagen explains. With a share of 25 percent in the total number of DDoS attacks, the software and technology sector takes the second place. The retail sector was frequently harassed, mostly by web application attacks.
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