Vector-Based Attacks on the Rise With #security professionals learning how to properly mitigate reflection style attacks (such as the Network Time Protocol or NTP attacks that received so much attention recently), #cybercriminals and #hackers have reverted back to the more traditional multi-vector attacks. That was the key takeaway from the most recent Black Lotus *Threat Report*, which was recently covered in this CBR Online article linked below. Black Lotus co-founder Jeffrey Lyon said: Since patched systems now make it easier to combat NTP threats, recent attacks have drastically decreased in volume when malicious users were unable to use a sufficient quantity of vulnerable systems in amplification. However, enterprises should evaluate their protection against multi-vector attacks, since attackers can use SYN floods and application layer attacks to inundate networks, cause outages or disable serving content to legitimate users even without generating large bit volumes of traffic. #ddos #ddosattacks #ddosprotection #ddosmitigation #blacklotus #security #cybersecurity
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 04:22:45 +0000