{"id":42300,"date":"2021-08-27T15:41:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T19:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?p=42300"},"modified":"2021-08-27T15:41:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T19:41:27","slug":"ddos-update-something-old-something-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2021\/ddos-update-something-old-something-new\/","title":{"rendered":"DDoS Update: Something Old, Something New"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are in the news again. Long-term DDoS trends continue their upward spiral, and RDDoS, a mashup of DDoS attacks<\/a> and extortion threats, become a notable force in enterprise SecOps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DDoS Trends: Something New and More of the Same, Sad, Song<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DDoS attacks are a class of malicious exploit that makes online services unavailable to users. Bad actors launch their attacks by using many (sometimes hundreds of thousands) of infected, widely distributed internet-connected devices, called bots. Malicious software enables a command bot to communicate with and control infected devices remotely. Increasingly sophisticated attacks now use AI to make attacks more adaptable and responsive to changing conditions in the attack environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDDoS attacks: A new way to deliver digital mayhem<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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One of the biggest recent cybercrime trends, ransom DDoS (RDDoS) attacks add a new wrinkle to the familiar exploit. They occur when cyberattackers try to extort money from individuals or organizations by threatening to launch a DDoS attack. \u201cPay up, or we\u2019ll shut you down!\u201d is the message. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are variations on this theme. In some scenarios, attackers flood a target organization\u2019s website with useless signals and demand ransom to shut off the attack. Or RDDoS attacks can be a stand-alone exploit that provides a diversion from the attacker\u2019s real agenda, such as a data breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDDoS attacks expand the power and variety of malicious exploits. Vulnerable to an even wider range of attack methods, target organizations must be able to find and neutralize these complex exploits. It all adds up to more time and costs siphoned away from higher-value security activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DDoS attacks: More muscle in each exploit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the past six months or so, DDoS attack size remained relatively flat (that is, no massive Tbps-level attacks were observed). However, attackers continue to engage in faster, more difficult-to-mitigate attacks marked by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n