DDoS Boot Camp: Basic Training for an Increasing Cyber Threat

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DDoS Boot CampBasic Training for an Increasing
Cyber Threat

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DDoS Attacks Are Launched by Criminals, Not
Teenagers

• Data breaches and denial of service are
  criminal-led, malicious acts
• Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are
  the most common and destructive form of online
  hacking
• Organized cyber-attack groups launch
  politically-motivated attacks to cause website
  downtime

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Estimating the Cost of a DDoS Attack

• Financial services companies lost an estimated
  US 17 million per DDoS attack in 2012, per
  Forrester Consulting

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What Is a DDoS Denial of Service Attack?

• Attempt to make a computer resource unavailable
  to its intended users
• Targeted systems include
• Websites
• Email systems
• VOIP (phone systems)
• Network as a whole
• Hackers control remote botnets (robot networks)
  of virus-infected computers
• It is difficult to identify the perpetrator
• Hacker techniques can further amplify the attack
  to multiply the power of huge botnet

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DDoS Attack Types

• Not all attacks are the same
• Different techniques target different network
  elements
• For example
• Layer 3 and Layer 4 attacks target the network
  infrastructure with huge volumes of traffic
• Layer 7 attacks target web applications. These
  stealthy attacks resemble legitimate traffic to
  overload the server

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Where Do DDoS Attacks Come From?

• Worldwide problem
• Almost every country is a source of DDoS attacks
• Many DDoS attacks originate from
• Compromised servers at hosting providers that
  dont clean up malware
• Servers out of reach of international authorities
• China is the leading source of botnet activity
• The United States is the second leading source

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Why Do DDoS Attackers Strike?

• Hacktivisim and ideological and political
  differences
• Extortion and other financial motivation
• Competitive attacks and hate crimes by
  disgruntled employees or unhappy customers
• Hacker experimentation novices trying to make a
  name for themselves
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DDoS Attackers Target Many Industries

• e-Commerce
• Education
• Energy
• Finance, banking and insurance
• Government and defense
• Healthcare

• Internet and telecom
• Media and entertainment
• Non-profits
• Retail
• Technology
• Travel

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Download the Free White Paper

• Download the white paper DDoS Boot Camp Basic
  Training for an Increasing Cyber Threat at
  http//www.prolexic.com/bootcamp.
• The white paper includes
• What is DDoS
• Types of DDoS attacks and their relative
  popularity
• Insight into hacker mindsets and motives
• How different attacks target specific network
  weaknesses
• DDoS mitigation best practices for incident
  response and business continuity
• A case study of successful DDoS attack readiness

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About Prolexic

• Prolexic Technologies is the worlds largest and
  most trusted provider of DDoS protection and
  mitigation services.
• Prolexic has successfully stopped DDoS attacks
  for more than a decade.
• We can stop even the largest attacks that exceed
  the capabilities of other DDoS mitigation service
  providers.