Security News > 2021 > October > DDoS attacks against Russian firms have almost tripled in 2021

A report analyzing data from the start of the year concludes that distributed denial-of-service attacks on Russian companies have increased 2.5 times compared to the same period last year.

DDoS attacks are commonly used to extort victims with ransom demands or as a distraction for IT teams while hackers attempt to steal precious data from compromised systems.

In a report from Rostelecom, the largest telecommunications provider in Russia, September 2021 was recorded as the worst period for DDoS attacks again Russia in recent history.

During that time, threat actors launched 90% of all 2021 DDoS attacks analyzed in the report, a notable surge that also manifested in other regions.

Last month, we reported on VoIP service providers troubled by DDoS disruptions, the emergence of a massive DDoS botnet called Mēris, and Yandex battling the largest DDoS attack in its history.

As for the types of DDoS attacks, the main methods remain SYN flooding, UDP flooding, and fragmented packet attacks.

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