Security News > 2021 > July > DDoS attacks are down 38.8% in Q2 2021

Kaspersky's quarterly DDoS attack report is one that its writers describe as "Relatively calm," but don't let that statement fool you: There's still a lot of dangerous DDoS threats and new actors waiting for their time to strike.

The expected calm doesn't mean there's time to take a break: Cybercriminals definitely aren't, with Kaspersky reporting two new potential DDoS attack vectors and a rise in DDoS attacks as a ransomware tool.

While no attackers have exploited the TsuNAME vector yet, it could give a boost to DDoS attacks targeting DNS servers, like the one that took Microsoft services offline in April.

DDoS attacks as a part of the ransomware arsenal have been gaining momentum as well, Kaspersky said.

A cybercriminal group calling itself Fancy Lazarus launched multiple attacks against U.S.-based targets using DDoS attacks, and operators of the Avaddon ransomware used the threat of DDoS attacks along with file encryption to extort ransoms against Australian company Schepisi Communications.

DDoS attacks decreased by 38.8% compared to Q2 2020, and 6.5% compared to Q1 2021 but, as mentioned above, those numbers are expected.

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