Findings of Link11's Security Operations Center (LSOC) uncovered a 97% increase in the number of attacks for the months of April, May, and June in 2020 when compared with the attacks during the same period in the previous year, with an increment of 108% in May 2020.
The annual report incorporates the data which indicated that the recurrence of DDoS attacks relied upon the day of the week and time, with most attacks concentrated around weekends of the week and evenings.
More attacks were registered on Saturdays, and out of office hours on weekdays.
Marc Wilczek, COO, Link11 says, “The pandemic has forced organizations to accelerate their digital transformation plans, but has also increased the attack surface for hackers and criminals – and they are looking to take full advantage of this opportunity by taking critical systems offline to cause maximum disruption. This ‘new normal’ will continue to represent a major security risk for many companies, and there is still a lot of work to do to secure networks and systems against the volume attacks. Organizations need to invest in security solutions based on automation, AI, and Machine Learning that are designed to tackle multi-vector attacks and networked security mechanisms...”
Key findings from the annual report include:
Multivector attacks on the rise: 52% of attacks consisted of a few strategies for the attack, making them harder to defend against. One attack included at least 14 techniques.
The growing number of reflection ..
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