DDoS Attacks Are Continually Evolving

DDoS attacks are evolving. Not only are more attacks being launched than ever, but innovative criminals are also finding new ways to incorporate emerging technologies for higher-volume attacks. Innovation is driven by the proliferation of IoT devices and financially motivated threat actors.

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The DDoS-as-a-service industry operates much like legitimate platform businesses in the tech industry. Sophisticated malware authors create user-friendly DDoS tools and sell monthly subscriptions. For as little as $19.99 per month, hacker customers can gain access to a user-friendly DDoS tool which can include chat technical support. While the trend originated on the dark web, criminal entrepreneurs have gotten gutsier about marketing their services. One individual who wentby the name “Gwapo” even advertised DDoS services on YouTube.

In the past year, DDoS has trended towards larger-scale attacks. 2018 saw the highest-frequency attack yet; the first terabyte-per-second-scale threat. In the first half of 2018, there were seven times more attacks larger than 300 gigabytes-per-second than in the first half of 2017. Unfortunately, the emergence of the shady DDoS-as-a-service industry is likely to cause continued innovation among entrepreneurial cybercriminals.

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