Security News > 2021 > November > DDoS Attacks Shatter Records in Q3, Report Finds
"July started off relatively quietly, but towards the middle of the month the average daily count of DDoS attacks exceeded 1,000, with a whopping 8,825 attacks on August 18," the report said.
More than 40 percent of DDoS attacks during the third quarter targeted operations in the U.S., followed by Hong Kong and China, the report found.
Stefano De Blasi told Threatpost that researchers from Digital Shadows have seen an uptick in threat actors combining DDoS attacks with extortion demands over the past two years, which could be a sign of more to come, De Blasi said.
"Cybercriminals typically conduct DDoS operations to temporarily disrupt a target's infrastructure or act as a decoy for more dangerous activity, but companies affected by high-intensity DDoS attacks may experience a long-time interruption of business, which in turn may cause financial loss, brand or reputational damage, and influence customer trust."
With predictions indicating more DDoS attacks on the way, it's up to organizations to mount a defense and protecting internet of things devices connected to public networks from being hijacked and turned into botnets, Ben Pick, a consultant and nVisum told Threatpost.
"Organizations can protect themselves by applying intermediate tooling at network boundaries, Pick said."Most cloud services include security tools to mitigate or outright prevent DDoS attacks.