Service providers are increasingly playing an important role in DDoS mitigation given the growing scale and sophistication of attacks. They have advantages over enterprise solutions due to their global traffic visibility and ability to filter attacks close to the source. As attacks continue rising in scale and evolving tactics, service providers need intelligent mitigation solutions to protect their infrastructure and ensure customer availability. DDoS mitigation is becoming a key differentiator for service providers to provide more value beyond just connectivity.
This document examines a proposed alternative solution to mitigate distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks using crowd-sourced bandwidth. It discusses how DDoS attacks work and their impacts on organizations. The proposal aimed to leverage unused bandwidth from multiple clients to filter out malicious traffic and redirect valid traffic. However, the document concludes the concept is not currently feasible due to security, performance, and reliability issues from placing too much trust in clients and relying on slow public DNS propagation. Existing centralized DDoS mitigation solutions from companies are still recommended.
This document evaluates nine leading vendors that provide distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection services: Akamai Technologies, CenturyLink, CloudFlare, DOSarrest Internet Security, F5 Networks, Imperva, Level 3 Communications, Neustar, and Verisign. It finds that Akamai Technologies, CloudFlare, Imperva, CenturyLink, and Verisign are leaders in the market based on their offerings, strategies, and market presence. All vendors provide both on-demand and always-on DDoS protection models. The best vendors differentiate through advanced features like broad protocol and device support, network and application protection, skilled staff, and technology partnerships. Outsourcing D
Whitepaper gives an overview of how Banking, Government, Retail and Telecom industries are impacted by DDoS attacks and a solution to stop DDoS attacks.
Guide answers the questions like - Which tools are available in the marketplace to mitigate ddos attacks? Is Scrubbing Center enough to mitigate ddos attacks?
To eliminate DDoS false positive RADAR™ provides visibility on legitimate requests that are blocked towards each web-facing IP/target in their network environment.
This document discusses the growing threat of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and why specialized anti-DDoS protection is critical for businesses. It outlines different types of DDoS attacks including volumetric, TCP state exhaustion, and application layer attacks. The document notes that DDoS attacks are becoming more powerful, complex, and widespread. It argues that traditional security tools like firewalls and IPS are not enough to defend against modern DDoS threats and that a full-spectrum solution is needed. Finally, it describes Arbor Networks' cloud-based and perimeter-based DDoS protection solutions.
MazeBolt's new patented DDoS RADARTM technology provides continuous DDoS threat simulations to organizations without disruption or maintenance windows. It assists in reducing DDoS vulnerability gaps from an average of 48% to under 2% by validating vulnerabilities in real-time and identifying changes in response times. RADARTM works with any mitigation platform to provide end-to-end coverage, monitoring targets before, during, and after low-rate DDoS attack validations to detect any leakage and eliminate vulnerabilities.
This document examines a proposed alternative solution to mitigate distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks using crowd-sourced bandwidth. It discusses how DDoS attacks work and their impacts on organizations. The proposal aimed to leverage unused bandwidth from multiple clients to filter out malicious traffic and redirect valid traffic. However, the document concludes the concept is not currently feasible due to security, performance, and reliability issues from placing too much trust in clients and relying on slow public DNS propagation. Existing centralized DDoS mitigation solutions from companies are still recommended.
This document evaluates nine leading vendors that provide distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection services: Akamai Technologies, CenturyLink, CloudFlare, DOSarrest Internet Security, F5 Networks, Imperva, Level 3 Communications, Neustar, and Verisign. It finds that Akamai Technologies, CloudFlare, Imperva, CenturyLink, and Verisign are leaders in the market based on their offerings, strategies, and market presence. All vendors provide both on-demand and always-on DDoS protection models. The best vendors differentiate through advanced features like broad protocol and device support, network and application protection, skilled staff, and technology partnerships. Outsourcing D
Whitepaper gives an overview of how Banking, Government, Retail and Telecom industries are impacted by DDoS attacks and a solution to stop DDoS attacks.
Guide answers the questions like - Which tools are available in the marketplace to mitigate ddos attacks? Is Scrubbing Center enough to mitigate ddos attacks?
To eliminate DDoS false positive RADAR™ provides visibility on legitimate requests that are blocked towards each web-facing IP/target in their network environment.
This document discusses the growing threat of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and why specialized anti-DDoS protection is critical for businesses. It outlines different types of DDoS attacks including volumetric, TCP state exhaustion, and application layer attacks. The document notes that DDoS attacks are becoming more powerful, complex, and widespread. It argues that traditional security tools like firewalls and IPS are not enough to defend against modern DDoS threats and that a full-spectrum solution is needed. Finally, it describes Arbor Networks' cloud-based and perimeter-based DDoS protection solutions.
MazeBolt's new patented DDoS RADARTM technology provides continuous DDoS threat simulations to organizations without disruption or maintenance windows. It assists in reducing DDoS vulnerability gaps from an average of 48% to under 2% by validating vulnerabilities in real-time and identifying changes in response times. RADARTM works with any mitigation platform to provide end-to-end coverage, monitoring targets before, during, and after low-rate DDoS attack validations to detect any leakage and eliminate vulnerabilities.
TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER: The Continued rise of DDoS AttacksSymantec
Denial-of-service attacks—short but strong
DDoS amplification attacks continue to increase as attackers experiment with new protocols.
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, as the name implies, attempt to deny a service to legitimate users by overwhelming the target with activity. The most common method is a network traffic flood DDoS attack against Web servers, where distributed means that multiple sources attack the same target at the same time. These attacks are often conducted through botnets.
Such DDoS attacks have grown larger year over year. In 2013, the largest attack volume peaked at 300 Gbps. So far in 2014, we have already seen one attack with up to 400 Gbps in attack volume. In recent times, DDoS attacks have become shorter in duration, often lasting only a few hours or even just minutes. According to Akamai, the average attack lasts 17 hours. These burst attacks can be devastating nonetheless, as most companies are affected by even a few hours of downtime and many business are not prepared. In addition to the reduced duration, the attacks are getting more sophisticated and varying the methods used, making them harder to mitigate.
In 2014, amplification and reflection attacks were still the most popular choice for the attacker. This method multiplies the attack traffic, making it easier for attackers to reach a high volume of above 100 Gbps even with a small botnet. From January to August 2014, DNS amplification attacks grew by 183 percent. The use of the network time protocol (NTP) amplification method has increased by a factor of 275 from January to July, but is now declining again. The use of compromised, high bandwidth servers with attack scripts has become a noticeable trend.
With several DDoS defense technologies available in the market, which one is good for your organization? Choose the mitigation solution that works best for your needs.
This document discusses distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. It defines a DDoS attack as when compromised bots from distributed sources overwhelm a target server with illegitimate traffic, preventing it from responding to legitimate clients. The document describes different types of modern DDoS attacks and provides an example of a SYN flood attack. It recommends partnering with an internet service provider or security company for protection, as firewalls alone are not a solution and specialized protection is needed against sophisticated DDoS attacks. The document concludes that DDoS attacks are a serious issue and notes a large attack against Czech banks and telecom companies in March 2013.
DDoS Defense for the Hosting Provider - Protection for you and your customersStephanie Weagle
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are major threats to hosting providers as well as datacenter operators, and traditional game plans for protecting shared infrastructure should be revisited to better protect availability and allow hosting providers to potentially create incremental revenue streams. DDoS attacks can have a devastating impact on not only the customer under attack, but also on the hosting provider and other customers within the same shared network infrastructure.
The security of data in transit has traditionally been the purview of nation states. Now the global adoption of the world wide web is bringing cryptography to the common man. But the forces of malicious actors and eavesdroppers are moving nearly all significant speech and commerce into a single cryptographic protocol: SSL.
SSL is the set of cryptographic protocols that secure data in transit. Today SSL is often the only tool standing between an eavesdropper and a target, or a thief and a merchant. The stakes around SSL have been upleveled to the limit. Whether or not it’s convenient to admit, it’s time for organizations to uplevel their overall security posture to protect this last line of defense.
DDoS Effects On Enterprises 2020 | Industries affected by DDoS Attacks in 2020 MazeBolt Technologies
DDoS attacks are increasing and impacting several industries such as telecommunications, financial services, and IT companies. The top 4 industries that saw rises in attacks were satellite telecommunications (295% increase), wireless communications (64% increase), publicly exposed service infrastructures (52% increase), and financial services (22% increase). Many of these attacks led to noticeable disruption of services (50%), loss of sensitive data (26%), or complete unavailability of services (24%) and resulted in average losses of $417,000 per attack. Hackers seeking to disrupt operations or obtain ransom, as well as competitors and political activists, are behind many of the attacks on enterprises. McKinsey recommends that companies assess vulnerabilities, review cloud
This document proposes a system called FireCol, which stands for a collaborative protection network for detecting flooding DDoS attacks. FireCol uses a distributed network of intrusion prevention systems located at internet service providers that form virtual protection rings around hosts. These systems collaborate by exchanging selected traffic information to detect DDoS attacks close to the source. The document outlines the architecture of FireCol and experimental results showing its effectiveness at detecting attacks with low overhead. Future work is mentioned to extend FireCol's capabilities.
FIRECOL: A COLLABORATIVE PROTECTION NETWORK FOR THE DETECTION OF FLOODING DDO...Deenuji Loganathan
The document describes FireCol, a system for detecting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) flooding attacks. The core of FireCol is composed of intrusion prevention systems (IPSs) located at internet service providers that form virtual protection rings around hosts. The IPSs collaborate by exchanging selected traffic information to detect DDoS attacks early. FireCol was evaluated using simulations and real data, showing its effectiveness with low overhead and support for incremental deployment.
Defending Against Advanced Threats-Addressing the Cyber Kill Chain_FINALMichael Bunn
Organizations must address the Cyber Kill Chain to defend against advanced threats. The Cyber Kill Chain describes the 7 stages of an attack - reconnaissance, weaponization, delivery, exploitation, installation, command and control, and actions on targets. Traditionally, organizations focused on prevention at the perimeter, but attackers have bypassed these defenses. To improve security, organizations should detect, deny, disrupt, and recover at each stage of the Cyber Kill Chain rather than solely focusing on prevention. This involves technologies like network monitoring, endpoint protection, and threat intelligence across all phases of an attack.
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways 2014Michael Bunn
The document provides an overview of the secure email gateway market. It notes that the market is mature but will continue shifting from spam filtering to data protection. Growth in the overall market is expected to be low at 2-4% annually through 2017, though some individual vendors are taking larger shares of the market. Key drivers of future growth include services around targeted attacks, data loss prevention, and encryption. The document evaluates several major vendors in the market.
BKNIX Peering Forum 2017 : DDoS Attack Trend and Defense StrategyNexusguard
Thai Network Information Center Foundation (THNICF) in cooperation with BKNIX is holding BKNIX Peering Forum 2017 on 15-16 May 2017 at VIE Hotel Bangkok, Phayathai Road, Ratchathewi. The forum is focusing on the talks about prevention of DDoS attack and the update of technologies for internet users.
Our Product Director, Mr. Donny Chong, shared the DDoS attack trend and defense strategy to the internet service providers in the region.
PASSWORD BASED SCHEME AND GROUP TESTING FOR DEFENDING DDOS ATTACKSIJNSA Journal
DOS ATTACKS ARE ONE OF THE TOP SECURITY PROBLEMS AFFECTING NETWORKS AND DISRUPTING SERVICES TO
LEGITIMATE USERS. THE VITAL STEP IN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM IS THE NETWORK'S ABILITY TO DETECT SUCH
ATTACKS. APPLICATION DDOS ATTACK, WHICH AIMS AT DISRUPTING APPLICATION SERVICE RATHER THAN
DEPLETING THE NETWORK RESOURCE. UP TO NOW ALL THE RESEARCHES MADE ON THIS DDOS ATTACKS ONLY
CONCENTRATES EITHER ON NETWORK RESOURCES OR ON APPLICATION SERVERS BUT NOT ON BOTH. IN THIS PAPER
WE PROPOSED A SOLUTION FOR BOTH THESE PROBLEMS BY AUTHENTICATION METHODS AND GROUP TESTING.
This document discusses distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and mitigation strategies. It begins with a definition of DDoS attacks as attempts to make machines or networks unavailable to intended users. It then discusses different types of DDoS attack motivations, including distraction from criminal activity, competitive advantage, retaliation, and ideology. The document outlines the sophistication of DDoS attack tools and services available. It emphasizes that DDoS attacks are a major risk to service availability that should be accounted for in risk planning and analyses. The business impacts of DDoS attacks, including revenue loss, operations impacts, help desk impacts, and brand/reputation damage are reviewed. Finally, mitigation strategies are discussed
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
This document provides an overview and analysis of the secure web gateway (SWG) market. It discusses key findings from Gartner's research, including:
- The market remains dominated by traditional on-premises appliances, but cloud-based services are growing rapidly. Advanced threat protection is an important differentiation factor.
- Vendors vary significantly in their cloud service offerings and abilities to protect against advanced threats. Integration of network sandboxing with SWGs is an important area of competition.
- Organizations considering cloud services have many options, but vendors differ in cloud strategy and sales/distribution effectiveness. Advanced threat services are now required for effective cloud-based SWGs.
[Guest lecturer]
Place: University of Twente
Course: Product Design to Online Business (Module 7)
Audience: students of industrial engineering (Technische Bedrijfskunde - TBK) and business information technology (BIT)
This document discusses Akamai's cloud security solutions for web, DNS, and infrastructure security. It outlines the changing threat landscape, including the growing size of denial-of-service attacks and shift to application layer attacks targeting data theft. It then reviews common on-premise, ISP, and cloud-based security approaches before detailing Akamai's intelligent platform and specific product offerings, including Kona Site Defender, Prolexic Routed, and Fast DNS. The platform is designed to defend against network and application layer DDoS attacks and data theft through a global cloud architecture with multiple layers of defense and integrated threat intelligence.
ThousandEyes provides monitoring of DDoS attacks as they occur by visualizing their impact on applications and networks from multiple vantage points. This allows organizations to see how well their DDoS mitigation services are performing and where traffic is being routed. A major US bank uses ThousandEyes to monitor their Akamai/Prolexic prefixes and ensure quick migration of traffic if their infrastructure comes under attack. ThousandEyes also monitors DDoS mitigation providers to ensure smooth traffic routing and optimal performance during attacks.
TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER: The Continued rise of DDoS AttacksSymantec
Denial-of-service attacks—short but strong
DDoS amplification attacks continue to increase as attackers experiment with new protocols.
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, as the name implies, attempt to deny a service to legitimate users by overwhelming the target with activity. The most common method is a network traffic flood DDoS attack against Web servers, where distributed means that multiple sources attack the same target at the same time. These attacks are often conducted through botnets.
Such DDoS attacks have grown larger year over year. In 2013, the largest attack volume peaked at 300 Gbps. So far in 2014, we have already seen one attack with up to 400 Gbps in attack volume. In recent times, DDoS attacks have become shorter in duration, often lasting only a few hours or even just minutes. According to Akamai, the average attack lasts 17 hours. These burst attacks can be devastating nonetheless, as most companies are affected by even a few hours of downtime and many business are not prepared. In addition to the reduced duration, the attacks are getting more sophisticated and varying the methods used, making them harder to mitigate.
In 2014, amplification and reflection attacks were still the most popular choice for the attacker. This method multiplies the attack traffic, making it easier for attackers to reach a high volume of above 100 Gbps even with a small botnet. From January to August 2014, DNS amplification attacks grew by 183 percent. The use of the network time protocol (NTP) amplification method has increased by a factor of 275 from January to July, but is now declining again. The use of compromised, high bandwidth servers with attack scripts has become a noticeable trend.
With several DDoS defense technologies available in the market, which one is good for your organization? Choose the mitigation solution that works best for your needs.
This document discusses distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. It defines a DDoS attack as when compromised bots from distributed sources overwhelm a target server with illegitimate traffic, preventing it from responding to legitimate clients. The document describes different types of modern DDoS attacks and provides an example of a SYN flood attack. It recommends partnering with an internet service provider or security company for protection, as firewalls alone are not a solution and specialized protection is needed against sophisticated DDoS attacks. The document concludes that DDoS attacks are a serious issue and notes a large attack against Czech banks and telecom companies in March 2013.
DDoS Defense for the Hosting Provider - Protection for you and your customersStephanie Weagle
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are major threats to hosting providers as well as datacenter operators, and traditional game plans for protecting shared infrastructure should be revisited to better protect availability and allow hosting providers to potentially create incremental revenue streams. DDoS attacks can have a devastating impact on not only the customer under attack, but also on the hosting provider and other customers within the same shared network infrastructure.
The security of data in transit has traditionally been the purview of nation states. Now the global adoption of the world wide web is bringing cryptography to the common man. But the forces of malicious actors and eavesdroppers are moving nearly all significant speech and commerce into a single cryptographic protocol: SSL.
SSL is the set of cryptographic protocols that secure data in transit. Today SSL is often the only tool standing between an eavesdropper and a target, or a thief and a merchant. The stakes around SSL have been upleveled to the limit. Whether or not it’s convenient to admit, it’s time for organizations to uplevel their overall security posture to protect this last line of defense.
DDoS Effects On Enterprises 2020 | Industries affected by DDoS Attacks in 2020 MazeBolt Technologies
DDoS attacks are increasing and impacting several industries such as telecommunications, financial services, and IT companies. The top 4 industries that saw rises in attacks were satellite telecommunications (295% increase), wireless communications (64% increase), publicly exposed service infrastructures (52% increase), and financial services (22% increase). Many of these attacks led to noticeable disruption of services (50%), loss of sensitive data (26%), or complete unavailability of services (24%) and resulted in average losses of $417,000 per attack. Hackers seeking to disrupt operations or obtain ransom, as well as competitors and political activists, are behind many of the attacks on enterprises. McKinsey recommends that companies assess vulnerabilities, review cloud
This document proposes a system called FireCol, which stands for a collaborative protection network for detecting flooding DDoS attacks. FireCol uses a distributed network of intrusion prevention systems located at internet service providers that form virtual protection rings around hosts. These systems collaborate by exchanging selected traffic information to detect DDoS attacks close to the source. The document outlines the architecture of FireCol and experimental results showing its effectiveness at detecting attacks with low overhead. Future work is mentioned to extend FireCol's capabilities.
FIRECOL: A COLLABORATIVE PROTECTION NETWORK FOR THE DETECTION OF FLOODING DDO...Deenuji Loganathan
The document describes FireCol, a system for detecting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) flooding attacks. The core of FireCol is composed of intrusion prevention systems (IPSs) located at internet service providers that form virtual protection rings around hosts. The IPSs collaborate by exchanging selected traffic information to detect DDoS attacks early. FireCol was evaluated using simulations and real data, showing its effectiveness with low overhead and support for incremental deployment.
Defending Against Advanced Threats-Addressing the Cyber Kill Chain_FINALMichael Bunn
Organizations must address the Cyber Kill Chain to defend against advanced threats. The Cyber Kill Chain describes the 7 stages of an attack - reconnaissance, weaponization, delivery, exploitation, installation, command and control, and actions on targets. Traditionally, organizations focused on prevention at the perimeter, but attackers have bypassed these defenses. To improve security, organizations should detect, deny, disrupt, and recover at each stage of the Cyber Kill Chain rather than solely focusing on prevention. This involves technologies like network monitoring, endpoint protection, and threat intelligence across all phases of an attack.
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways 2014Michael Bunn
The document provides an overview of the secure email gateway market. It notes that the market is mature but will continue shifting from spam filtering to data protection. Growth in the overall market is expected to be low at 2-4% annually through 2017, though some individual vendors are taking larger shares of the market. Key drivers of future growth include services around targeted attacks, data loss prevention, and encryption. The document evaluates several major vendors in the market.
BKNIX Peering Forum 2017 : DDoS Attack Trend and Defense StrategyNexusguard
Thai Network Information Center Foundation (THNICF) in cooperation with BKNIX is holding BKNIX Peering Forum 2017 on 15-16 May 2017 at VIE Hotel Bangkok, Phayathai Road, Ratchathewi. The forum is focusing on the talks about prevention of DDoS attack and the update of technologies for internet users.
Our Product Director, Mr. Donny Chong, shared the DDoS attack trend and defense strategy to the internet service providers in the region.
PASSWORD BASED SCHEME AND GROUP TESTING FOR DEFENDING DDOS ATTACKSIJNSA Journal
DOS ATTACKS ARE ONE OF THE TOP SECURITY PROBLEMS AFFECTING NETWORKS AND DISRUPTING SERVICES TO
LEGITIMATE USERS. THE VITAL STEP IN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM IS THE NETWORK'S ABILITY TO DETECT SUCH
ATTACKS. APPLICATION DDOS ATTACK, WHICH AIMS AT DISRUPTING APPLICATION SERVICE RATHER THAN
DEPLETING THE NETWORK RESOURCE. UP TO NOW ALL THE RESEARCHES MADE ON THIS DDOS ATTACKS ONLY
CONCENTRATES EITHER ON NETWORK RESOURCES OR ON APPLICATION SERVERS BUT NOT ON BOTH. IN THIS PAPER
WE PROPOSED A SOLUTION FOR BOTH THESE PROBLEMS BY AUTHENTICATION METHODS AND GROUP TESTING.
This document discusses distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and mitigation strategies. It begins with a definition of DDoS attacks as attempts to make machines or networks unavailable to intended users. It then discusses different types of DDoS attack motivations, including distraction from criminal activity, competitive advantage, retaliation, and ideology. The document outlines the sophistication of DDoS attack tools and services available. It emphasizes that DDoS attacks are a major risk to service availability that should be accounted for in risk planning and analyses. The business impacts of DDoS attacks, including revenue loss, operations impacts, help desk impacts, and brand/reputation damage are reviewed. Finally, mitigation strategies are discussed
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
This document provides an overview and analysis of the secure web gateway (SWG) market. It discusses key findings from Gartner's research, including:
- The market remains dominated by traditional on-premises appliances, but cloud-based services are growing rapidly. Advanced threat protection is an important differentiation factor.
- Vendors vary significantly in their cloud service offerings and abilities to protect against advanced threats. Integration of network sandboxing with SWGs is an important area of competition.
- Organizations considering cloud services have many options, but vendors differ in cloud strategy and sales/distribution effectiveness. Advanced threat services are now required for effective cloud-based SWGs.
[Guest lecturer]
Place: University of Twente
Course: Product Design to Online Business (Module 7)
Audience: students of industrial engineering (Technische Bedrijfskunde - TBK) and business information technology (BIT)
This document discusses Akamai's cloud security solutions for web, DNS, and infrastructure security. It outlines the changing threat landscape, including the growing size of denial-of-service attacks and shift to application layer attacks targeting data theft. It then reviews common on-premise, ISP, and cloud-based security approaches before detailing Akamai's intelligent platform and specific product offerings, including Kona Site Defender, Prolexic Routed, and Fast DNS. The platform is designed to defend against network and application layer DDoS attacks and data theft through a global cloud architecture with multiple layers of defense and integrated threat intelligence.
ThousandEyes provides monitoring of DDoS attacks as they occur by visualizing their impact on applications and networks from multiple vantage points. This allows organizations to see how well their DDoS mitigation services are performing and where traffic is being routed. A major US bank uses ThousandEyes to monitor their Akamai/Prolexic prefixes and ensure quick migration of traffic if their infrastructure comes under attack. ThousandEyes also monitors DDoS mitigation providers to ensure smooth traffic routing and optimal performance during attacks.
The Morphing DDoS and Bot Landscape: Featuring Guest Speaker from IDCCloudflare
Join this webinar with guest speaker Romain Fouchereau, Manager of the Security Appliance Program, European Systems and Infrastructure Solutions at IDC and Cloudflare, recently named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide DDoS Prevention Solutions 2019 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US43699318, March 2019).
In this webinar, you will learn:
- Why defending against only volumetric layer 3 and 4 attacks will leave you vulnerable to other emerging DDoS attack vectors
- What economic and technological shifts are making DDoS more harmful and more evasive
- Why bot management should be considered in every DDoS mitigation strategy
- Which types of companies in EMEA are highly targeted and why
F5 Networks: The Right Way to Protect Against DDoS Attacks (Business White Pa...F5 Networks
CIOs want harmony. Security directors loathe point products. Network operations won’t buy into anything new. CIOs can get the harmony they need around DDoS mitigation by extending the F5 Application Delivery Controller into a hybrid solution: on-premises with a new cloud component.
F5 Networks: The Right Way to Protect Against DDoS Attacks (Business White Paper)
ddo-s attacks in cloud computing issued taxonomy and future directionmoataz82
This document summarizes research on DDoS attacks in cloud computing. It begins with an introduction to the issues of DDoS attacks in cloud environments and the need for cloud-specific solutions. The document then presents a survey of contributions related to characterization, prevention, detection and mitigation of DDoS attacks in clouds. It develops a taxonomy to classify different solution approaches and identifies weaknesses that need to be addressed. It concludes by outlining design aspects for effective cloud-based DDoS attack solutions and provides evaluation metrics for comparing solutions.
The document provides an overview of top DDoS protection solutions, including Indusface AppTrana, SolarWinds Security Event Manager, Sucuri Website Firewall, Akamai Prolexic Routed, and Infoblox. Each solution is summarized, noting its key features for detecting and mitigating DDoS attacks. Pros and cons are listed for each one. The document aims to help readers understand the top options for selecting DDoS protection software best suited to their business needs.
The document discusses trends in denial of service (DoS) attacks from Q1 2023. Some key points:
- Israel emerged as the top targeted country for HTTP DDoS attacks, surpassing the US. Gaming/gambling was the most targeted industry in several regions.
- Finland was the largest source of HTTP attack traffic, while Vietnam was the largest source of network layer attacks.
- DNS amplification became the most common attack vector, comprising 30% of attacks, followed by SYN floods at 22% and UDP-based attacks at 21%.
The document analyzes recent shifts in target countries/industries and attack vectors used in DoS attacks in the first quarter of 2023.
Defending Threats Beyond DDoS Attacks: Featuring Guest Speaker from IDCCloudflare
Join this webinar with guest speaker Christopher Rodriguez, Research Manager of Cybersecurity Products for IDC and Cloudflare, recently named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide DDoS Prevention Solutions 2019 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US43699318, March 2019).
In this webinar, you will learn:
- Why defending against only volumetric layer 3 and 4 attacks will leave you vulnerable to other emerging DDoS attack vectors
- What economic and technological shifts are making DDoS more harmful and more evasive
- Why bot management should be considered in every DDoS mitigation strategy
- Which types of companies in North America are highly targeted and why
DDoS attacks work by using botnets to overwhelm a target site with large amounts of traffic, making it unavailable to legitimate users. They can have major business impacts by disrupting systems, damaging resources, and costing companies millions per day of downtime. While prevention is challenging due to distributed nature of attacks and internet, companies can mitigate risks by having adequate bandwidth, deploying DDoS defense systems, monitoring traffic, and creating incident response plans.
This document discusses DDoS attacks and protective measures for financial institutions. It begins by defining DDoS attacks and explaining how they work to disrupt online services. It then discusses the increasing threat of DDoS attacks for financial institutions, with some experiencing a 38% rise in attacks. The document outlines recommendations from FFIEC for protective measures, such as ongoing monitoring and rapid notification of attacks. It stresses the importance of financial institutions implementing protective measures to defend against advanced DDoS attacks and protect customers.
DDoS attacks can cause financial losses and reputational damage to businesses. To assess DDoS risk, a business needs to understand how its infrastructure, applications, and employees may be impacted. Expected annual losses from DDoS are calculated by estimating the potential loss from an attack and the likelihood of an attack. While some studies report thousands of DDoS attacks per year, these numbers are unreliable. Instead, a business should evaluate if it has characteristics, like an online presence or controversial profile, that motivate certain types of attacks.
IRJET- EEDE- Extenuating EDOS for DDOS and Eluding HTTP Web based Attacks in ...IRJET Journal
This document proposes a method to detect HTTP GET flooding DDoS attacks in cloud computing environments using MapReduce processing. It involves integrating abnormal HTTP request detection rules analyzed through statistical analysis and thresholds into MapReduce. Suspected IP addresses are sent challenge values, and IP addresses that provide normal responses are initially allowed while abnormal responses are filtered for a period of time. MapReduce is used to analyze packet data and detect abnormal GET requests based on factors like the IP, port, and URI to identify malicious traffic patterns characteristic of DDoS attacks. The goal is to ensure availability of target systems and reliable detection of HTTP GET flooding attacks in cloud services.
HaltDos is a high throughput, high performance software based network appliance that can stay updated with evolving technology and threats without requiring hardware replacements. With its multi-layered and multi-vector approach, it can defend against a wide range of DDoS attacks within seconds to ensure high uptime of your website/web services.
This document discusses distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. It begins by defining DDoS attacks as using numerous compromised systems, or "zombie machines", to launch a coordinated attack against a target system to overwhelm its bandwidth and resources. The document then discusses how early DDoS attacks worked and how routers have evolved defenses. It describes how modern DDoS attacks are more sophisticated, using botnets of infected systems controlled remotely by attackers to amplify the scale and impact of the attacks.
Case Study: Q2 2014 Global DDoS Attack Report | Akamai DocumentProlexic
The Brobot botnet that devastated banks with DDoS floods in 2013 may be back. And the techniques that built it – exploiting vulnerabilities in the software that powers websites and cloud companies – is all too alive. Get the full details about this cybercrime threat in the Akamai/Prolexic Q1 2014 DDoS attack report, available for a free download at http://bit.ly/1meTkfu
Encountering distributed denial of service attack utilizing federated softwar...IJECEIAES
This research defines the distributed denial of service (DDoS) problem in software-defined-networks (SDN) environments. The proposes solution uses Software defined networks capabilities to reduce risk, introduces a collaborative, distributed defense mechanism rather than server-side filtration. Our proposed network detection and prevention agent (NDPA) algorithm negotiates the maximum amount of traffic allowed to be passed to server by reconfiguring network switches and routers to reduce the ports' throughput of the network devices by the specified limit ratio. When the passed traffic is back to normal, NDPA starts network recovery to normal throughput levels, increasing ports' throughput by adding back the limit ratio gradually each time cycle. The simulation results showed that the proposed algorithms successfully detected and prevented a DDoS attack from overwhelming the targeted server. The server was able to coordinate its operations with the SDN controllers through a communication mechanism created specifically for this purpose. The system was also able to determine when the attack was over and utilize traffic engineering to improve the quality of service (QoS). The solution was designed with a sophisticated way and high level of separation of duties between components so it would not be affected by the design aspect of the network architecture.
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks routinely capture mainstream attention, and for years high-bandwidth mitigation fell into the domain of the largest Tier 1 carriers and highly-specialized DDoS mitigation service providers. The evolution of high-bandwidth inline DDoS mitigation solutions has now opened up the opportunity for service providers of all sizes to build out their own mitigation capability, helping to better combat attacks and enable new DDoS mitigation services. This slide deck examines DDoS best practices and new security solutions available for the service provider environment.
PLNOG16: DDOS SOLUTIONS – CUSTOMER POINT OF VIEW, Piotr WojciechowskiPROIDEA
This document provides an overview of DDoS solutions from a customer perspective. It discusses different types of DDoS attacks and the need for multiple protection tools. It describes two common deployment models for scrubbing centers: DNS redirection and BGP. AlwaysOn protection is generally better than on-demand AlwaysAvailable protection. While scrubbing services can mitigate large attacks, they are not a complete solution and other measures are needed to deal with initial attack waves. Preparation including a response team and plan can help organizations effectively respond to DDoS attacks.
PLNOG16: DDOS SOLUTIONS – CUSTOMER POINT OF VIEW, Piotr Wojciechowski
The role of DDoS Providers
1. The Expanding Role of Service Providers in
DDoS Mitigation
March 13, 2015
Stratecast Analysis by
Chris Rodriguez
Stratecast Perspectives and Insight
for Executives (SPIE)
Volume 15, Number 10