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DDoS downtime calculator based on real-world information

Are you wondering how you can assess the risks associated with a DDoS attack? Incapsula’s free DDoS Downtime Calculator offers case-specific information adjusted to the realities of your organization. The algorithm inside the DDoS Downtime Calculator is based on real-world information from a DDoS impact survey for which participants provided detailed information about the actual impact of DDoS attacks. Subsequent data analysis uncovered factors that cause impact cost variances. The DDoS Downtime Calculator provides personalized … More ?

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Israeli Pentagon DDoSers explain their work, get busted by FBI

There’s not much more than fine print between stress testing and DDoS-as-a-service Two Israeli men have been arrested for running a distributed-denial-of service-as-a-service site, after one seemingly claimed to attack the Pentagon.…

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Linode fends off multiple DDOS attacks

Nowhere near as bad as its ten-day Christmas cracker, but something seems to be afoot Cloud hosting outfit Linode has again come under significant denial of service (DoS) attack.…

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Mirai Linux Trojan corrals IoT devices into DDoS botnets

Mirai, a newly discovered and still poorly detected piece of Linux malware, is being used to rope IoT devices into DDoS botnets. Researchers from MalwareMustDie have recently gotten their hands on several variants of the threat, and have discovered the following things: It comes in the form of an ELF file (typical for executable files in Unix and Unix-like systems) It targets mostly routers, DVR or WebIP cameras, Linux servers, and Internet of Things devices … More ?

DNSSEC: Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water

A recent report raiseed concerns about the abuse of DNSSEC to conduct DDoS attacks. The article reported that DNSSEC-signed domains can be used to conduct reflected DDoS attacks with large amplification factors (averaging 28.9x in their study) that could potentially cripple victim servers. The report went on to recommend that organizations deploying DNSSEC should configure their DNS servers to prevent this and other types of abuse. While this report presents some useful information about the … More ?

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Global mobile deep packet inspection market explodes

The global mobile deep packet inspection (DPI) market will grow at an impressive CAGR of almost 22% until 2020, according to Technavio. Stateful packet inspection Stateful packet inspection (SPI), also known as shallow packet inspection technology, was widely used for detecting abnormal packets by inspecting the packet headers only. SPI was not able to detect many new network attacks such as network intrusion detection systems (NIDS) evasion and distributed denial of service. Thus, DPI became … More ?

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Security testing platform for app-aware infrastructures

At Black Hat USA 2016, Spirent Communications will be presenting CyberFlood, a security and performance testing platform suitable for complex testing scenarios. With CyberFlood, users can ensure that their security and performance testing addresses their unique environments by emulating realistic traffic volume, threats, and attack scenarios including fuzzing, malware, and DDoS attacks. Designed with team testing in mind, CyberFlood’s intuitive web UI extends easy-to-use best practices for faster, repeatable, and more accurate testing. Users can … More ?

Slew of WP-based business sites compromised to lead to ransomware

If an approach works well, there is no reason to change tack, and the masters of the SoakSoak botnet are obviously of the same belief. A year and a half after they have been spotted compromising WP-based websites through vulnerabilities in the Slider Revolution (“RevSlider”) plugin and redirecting visitors to the malware-laden SoakSoak.ru website, they are at it again. “Websites are often compromised by botnets that scan websites for vulnerable software or application plugins,” Invincea’s … More ?

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DDoS attacks continue to escalate in both size and frequency

Arbor Networks released global DDoS attack data for the first six months of 2016 that shows a continuing escalation in the both the size and frequency of attacks. Arbor’s data is gathered through ATLAS, a collaborative partnership with more than 330 service provider customers who share anonymous traffic data with Arbor in order to deliver an aggregated view of global traffic and threats. ATLAS data has also been utilized recently in Cisco’s Visual Networking Index … More ?

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Whitepaper: Does your DDoS protection strategy address the changing threat landscape?

When it comes to DDoS attacks, you need a protection strategy that quickly adapts to the increasing sophistication of today’s attackers and the other current changes and trends in the DDoS threat landscape. Find out: What are the newest trends in Network and Applicative DDoS attacks What are the implications on your DDoS protection strategy How Incapsula’s DDoS Protection service addresses the new protection requirements. DDoS Downtime Calculator Incapsula’s DDoS Downtime Calculator is designed to … More ?

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