Security News > 2021 > June > DDoS attacks increase 341% amid pandemic

During the pandemic, cyber attackers targeted industries providing connectivity, services and entertainment to populations forced to shelter-in-place, resulting in a 341% year-over-year increase in distributed denial-of-service attacks, according to Nexusguard.

The massive shift in online behavior and reliance on connectivity strained communications service providers and internet service providers that provided the backbone for this remote work, including spikes in ransom DDoS attacks to extort organizations for payment in exchange for staying online.

Popularity of cryptocurrencies fueling RDDoS attacks.

Smaller attacks will account for 99% of all DDoS attacks in the near future, since they'll continue to be difficult to detect and economical to deploy.

"During 2020, the pandemic forced a complete shift in how the world lived and worked, and attackers were ready to take full advantage of the situation, adeptly targeting connectivity and entertainment providers," said Juniman Kasman, CTO for Nexusguard.

"With attackers using stealthier, smaller attacks increasing in complexity, CSPs and enterprises will need deep learning, multidimensional DDoS detection and other advanced techniques to avoid outages."

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