Security News > 2021 > June > How ransomware actors are adding DDoS attacks to their arsenals
2021-06-02 11:38
DDoS attacks increase the pressure on the victim to pay the ransom by adding another threat to combat, says NETSCOUT. Ransomware attackers are always looking for new ways to persuade their targets to pay the ransom.
One tactic increasingly being added to a traditional ransomware campaign is a DDoS attack.
In the latest tactic, cybercriminals who sell ransomware-as-a-service campaigns offer a DDoS attack as an extra service.
Ransomware operators such as SunCrypt and Ragnor Locker were early users of the DDoS ploy, according to Bleeping Computer.
Ransomware attacks start with breaches of your network.
DDoS attacks have been growing in size, frequency and complexity.
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