Did you think DDoS attacks were over? They are not. Actually, recent research has discovered that these attacks attained a record high during the pandemic.
Some stats your way
A report by Link11 suggests that as attack surfaces increased due to the rapid digital transformation necessitated by the pandemic, DDoS attackers adapted to these changes and have been thriving since then.
The number of attacks almost doubled between February to September 2020. More than 50 million attacks were observed in the span of a year.
Businesses with inadequate cybersecurity measures suffered from high-volume attacks of over 50Gbps.
Attacks became complex with 59% of them being muti-vector attacks. The highest number of vectors used in a single attack was fourteen.
The longest DDoS attack lasted 5,698 minutes, which equates to four days of continuous onslaught.
Recent trends
Not only VPNs and APIs, but attackers are targeting every available surface, including databases, CRMs, and web and email servers.
There has been an increase in flaws that could be exploited by DDoS threat actors who are on the constant lookout for new protocols and ports to exploit.
The second half of 2020 saw a surge in DDoS extortion efforts by threat actors claiming to be Fancy Bear, Armada Collective, Lazarus, and Cozy Bear. These campaigns targeted financial services, critical infrastructure, hosting providers, and online retailers across the globe.
What's new?
This was about 2020 and the threat is no less in 2021. Let’s check it out, shall we?
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