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Democratization of DDoS

While The recent spate of attacks and reports on DDoS have raised the profile of the attack vector, warnings about DDoS and its impact are not new. In 2011 VeriSign reported that 63 percent of enterprises had been hit by a DDoS. At the time, VeriSign also reported that the average cost to defend against a DDoS was $2.5 million. how to perform a ddos attack ? Regardless of how much DDoS is growing in terms of attacks and bandwidth, the bottom line is that it is becoming increasingly more common for a number of simple reasons. "The availability of DDoS attack tools enable anyone with an Internet connection to launch attacks," Morales said. "The democratization of DDoS has made it accessible to the masses." In addition to the availability of tools, the increasing proliferation of botnets is a key factor, enabling modern DDoS attacks. "We’ve gone from hijacked PCs to tools that enable opt-in participation in botnets to most recently, seeing smaller botne

What Are DDoS Services?

If you’re wondering whether you need DDoS services, you’re not asking the right question. More accurately, your organization should be asking “what kind of DDoS services do we need?” As the threat vector has grown, your options have evolved to include two primary types of DDoS services. You could choose DDoS Prevention Services, which are provided by expert security teams, or DDoS Protection Services which typically consist of security apps. How does DDos work ? DDoS prevention services are a managed IT security service which combines cutting-edge security technology with a team of expert DDoS analysts to detect, prevent, and mitigate DDOS attacks before they impact a client’s business. Dedicated analysts perform analysis on threats in real-time and apply proactive response techniques to redirect botnet traffic. DDoS protection services typically consist of cloud-based software tools which are designed to detect threats and mitigate the impact. As DDoS attacks have evolved to