DDoS Attacks Increase 40% Year on Year Confirms Corero Networks
September 12 2018 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Shorter duration attacks are on the rise
hampering attack detection, mitigation and event correlation
The frequency of DDoS attacks have once again risen, this time
by 40% year on year, Corero Network Security (LSE: CNS) - a leading
provider of real-time DDoS defence solutions, has disclosed in its
H1 Trends Report 2018 published today. While frequency has
increased, the duration of attacks decreased with 77% lasting ten
minutes or less, of which 63% last five minutes or less. Perhaps
more concerning is that, having faced one attack, one in five
organisations will be targeted again within 24 hours.
Putting this into context, Corero’s CEO - Ashley Stephenson
said, “Organisations are dependent on the Internet as a means to
conduct business and deliver consumer/citizen services. Any event
that affects this ability to function will have a significant
impact on that business. With Internet resilience coming down to a
fraction of a second, it’s easy to see why DDoS attacks are
considered one of the most serious threats to Internet availability
today resulting in damage to a brand’s reputation, customer trust
and revenue. As short duration attacks are much quicker – with 63%
lasting under five minutes, many organisations are failing to
identify that they’ve been hit by a DDoS attack. This lack of
correlation with service lagging, or even failure, leaves
organisations vulnerable as they’re neither successfully mitigating
the attack nor the damage that is inflicted to the customer
experience, affecting loyalty and ultimately causing revenue
erosion.”
Other key highlights in the report are:
- Low volume, sub-saturating attacks
continue to dominate (94% less than 5Gbps)
- Whilst still infrequent, attacks over
10Gbps have doubled
- Organisations faced an average of 8
attacks per day in Q2 2018, an increase of 40% compared to the same
quarter in 2017
To keep up with the growing sophistication and organisation of
well-equipped and well-funded threat actors, it is essential that
organisations maintain comprehensive visibility and automated
mitigation capabilities across their networks, to instantly detect
and block any DDoS attacks as they arise.
Ashley concludes, “Proactive DDoS protection is a critical
element of proper cyber security against loss of service
availability and data breach activity. The everyday DDoS attacks
that Corero has highlighted in this report cannot be properly
defeated with traditional Internet gateway security solutions such
as firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems and the like. Similarly,
on-demand cloud-based DDoS scrubbing alternatives cannot achieve
successful mitigation with the low-volume, short-duration attacks
that are now impacting organizations every day. As organisations
develop their DDoS resiliency plans, and choose their methods of
DDoS protection, time-to-mitigation must be a critical factor.”
For access to the complete Corero DDoS Trends report, download
it at
https://www.corero.com/resources/reports/h1-2018-ddos-trends-report/.
To find more about Corero Network Security visit
www.corero.com.
Note to Editor:Corero’s Half Year 2018 DDoS Trends Report
draws on DDoS attack attempts against Corero customers in Q1 2018
and Q2 2018, and includes comparisons against previous
quarters.
About Corero Network SecurityCorero Network Security is
the leader in real-time, high-performance DDoS defence solutions.
Service providers, hosting providers and online enterprises rely on
Corero’s award winning technology to eliminate the DDoS threat to
their environment through automatic attack detection and
mitigation, coupled with complete network visibility, analytics and
reporting. This industry leading technology provides cost
effective, scalable protection capabilities against DDoS attacks in
the most complex environments while enabling a more cost-effective
economic model than previously available. For more information,
visit www.corero.com.
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