Volume and complexity of DDoS attacks still increasing

DDoS attacks are a continuing problem for businesses and a new report reveals that they are also growing in complexity. The 2019 DDoS report from Link11 reveals that the share of multivector attacks -- which target and misuse several protocols -- grew significantly from 46 percent in the first quarter to 65 percent in the fourth quarter. DNS amplification is the most used technique for DDoS attackers in 2019, having been found in a third of all attacks. The attackers exploit insecure DNS servers, of which there were over 2.7m worldwide by the end of 2019 according to the Open… [Continue Reading]