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Quarterly DDoS Update
/ Carol Hildebrand

The Beat Goes On

The beat goes on: Threat actors launched approximately 2.9 million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2021, a 31% increase from the same time in 2020.

  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
connected globe
/ Roland Dobbins, Steinthor Bjarnason

TsuNAME Zone Cyclic Dependency-Induced Recursive DNS Query Cascade

In mid-May 2021, security researchers at SIDN Labs, InternetNZ, and USC/ISI released a research paper describing a sabotage-based DDoS attack methodology dubbed ‘TsuNAME’ that...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
Remote Work: A Wake-up Call for Digital Infrastructure
/ NETSCOUT

Remote Work: A Wake-up Call for Digital Infrastructure

Regardless of the technologies deployed, organizations must provide a single, unified management and security control plane that supports the changing needs of remote workers...

  • Business Continuity
  • Enterprise
  • Security
Remote Work Is Here to Stay. Can IT Deliver on User Expectations?
/ Eileen Haggerty

For Many, Remote Work Is Here to Stay. Can IT Deliver on User Expectations?

Although a large percentage of the global workforce today is working remotely, the future of this trend is uncertain. One thing that is certain is the need to assure end-user...

  • Business Continuity
  • Enterprise
5G moving forward beyond COVID-19
/ NETSCOUT

COVID Pandemic Highlights 5G Benefits

As COVID-19 dramatically changed the way we live and work, 5G’s advances have shone even more brightly. In some ways, 5G has been the technology we needed to help cope with this...

  • Business Continuity
  • Service Provider
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle: Business Continuity in a Locked-Down World
/ Darren Anstee

The Genie Is Out of the Bottle: Business Continuity in a Locked-Down World

At the start of 2020, when the word corona was associated primarily with astronomy or alcoholic beverages, digital transformation within the financial services sector was already...

  • Business Continuity
  • Enterprise
  • Security
  • Service Provider
internet highway
/ Roland Dobbins, Steinthor Bjarnason

Plex Media SSDP (PMSSDP) Reflection/Amplification DDoS Attack Mitigation Recommendations

Amplified PMSSDP DDoS attack traffic consists of SSDP HTTP/U responses sourced from ports UDP port 32414 and/or UDP port 32410 on abusable Plex Media Server instances and directed...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
  • DDoS Tools and Services
DDoS Campaign
/ Richard Hummel, Carol Hildebrand

Crossing the 10 Million Mark: DDoS Attacks in 2020

For the first time, we observed DDoS attacks rise above 10 million annually in 2020, nearly 1.6 million more attacks than seen in 2019.

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
  • ASERT
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/ Roland Dobbins, Steinthor Bjarnason

Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Reflection/Amplification DDoS Attack Mitigation Recommendations - January 2021

Recently observed DDoS attacks leverage abusable Microsoft RDP service to launch UDP Reflection/Amplification attacks with an 85.9:1 amplification factor.

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
  • DDoS Tools and Services
cyberextortion
/ Roland Dobbins, Steinthor Bjarnason

Lazarus Bear Armada DDoS Extortion Campaign — December 2020

DDoS Extortion Update: As previously reported, a relatively prolific threat actor initiated a global campaign of DDoS extortion attacks in mid-August 2020, largely directed towards...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
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/ NETSCOUT

Protecting Healthcare in Pandemic Times

Becker’s Hospital Review talks to two NETSCOUT experts about the challenges and safety measures for healthcare IT systems to protect application performance and avoid DDoS attacks.

  • Business Continuity
  • DDoS
  • Enterprise
  • Security
NETSCOUT Real-Time Monitoring of VoIP Performance over SD-WAN Critical to Project Success
/ NETSCOUT

NETSCOUT Real-Time Monitoring of VoIP Performance over SD-WAN Critical to Project Success

Leading manufacturer calls on NETSCOUT virtual visibility solution to ensure SD-WAN conversion for expanded remote-office network.

  • Business Continuity
  • Enterprise