DDoS attacking may pose challenge in the year 2012

Prolexic and Arbor Networks, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation companies, DDoS has been increased 45% in the fourth quarter of the year 2011. That is twice the number of attacks in the third quarter of the same year. 


According to Paul Sop, Prolexic's chief technology officer, this increase would create a challenging environment for the companies in the year 2012. 

”In the past two years, the pace of innovation on the part of hackers has accelerated. They are utilizing new tools and techniques and presenting acute challenges for network operators,” said Jennifer Pigg, founder, Battle Green Research, a Yankee Group affiliate. “Arbor Networks’ annual security report provides valuable insight into the challenges facing operators on the front lines of the battle against cyberattacks.”

“We have seen a trend toward shorter overall attack duration, but with unprecedented high packet-per-second volume and lethal attack signatures,” said Sop. “This is a devastating cocktail that can quickly bring down even well protected sites and their mitigation providers. We are starting to see packet-per-second attack volumes that are simply off the charts.”

From SayPeople,

Average attack bandwidth in Q4 2011 was 5.2Gbps (bits per second), 148 percent higher as compared to the third quarter. This is 136% increase on annual basis.

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