Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are sometimes used by cybercriminals to distract businesses, while hackers sneak through the "back door," according to research from Kaspersky Lab and B2B International. 
More than half of businesses surveyed (56%) believe that DDoS has been used as a smokescreen for other types of digital crime, while of the businesses that responded, a large majority (87%) reported that they had also been the victim of a targeted attacks.
The Kaspersky Lab IT Survey Security Risks 2016 showed that in several businesses that have fallen victim to digital crime, DDoS has been part of the attack tactics (29%). For example, an alarming 26% of businesses that have experienced data loss as a result of a targeted attack cited DDoS as a contributing factor.
Overall, 56% of surveyed business representatives believed that the DDoS attacks they had suffered were a smoke screen or bait for other criminal activities.
Kirill Ilganaev, Head of Kaspersky DDoS Protection, explained why DDoS attacks can be used by digital criminals as part of their tactics. "DDoS attacks prevent a company from doing its usual business by putting either public or domestic services in standby.
This is obviously a real problem for businesses and often the entire IT team is working to fix any problem. DDoS attacks can therefore be used not only as an easy way to stop a company's activity but also as a bait in order to attract the attention of IT staff from another invasion that takes place via other channels. "
The survey found that when DDoS attacks were used by digital criminals as a smoke screen, businesses also encountered other threats such as 81%, 78%, 75%, 75% ), or even malicious activity against company personnel (87%). The majority (XNUMX%) was also the victim of targeted attacks.
As Mr. Ilganaev, “Our research shows that DDoS attacks are often aligned with other threats. Therefore, businesses need to be aware of the full threat landscape and be ready to deal with multiple forms of criminal activity at all times. Otherwise, this could increase collateral losses on top of the already significant losses caused by time vacationand the subsequent effects on reputation.
Businesses must use a reliable DDoS attack protection service to reduce the risk involved and help staff focus their efforts to protect the business against any threats that may hide as a result. "
To help businesses maintain control over the growing threat of DDoS attacks and everything they bring with them, the solution Kaspersky DDoS Protection provides complete and complete protection to defend businesses at every stage of an assault attempt.
* The Research Corporate IT Security Risks πραγματοποιείται ετησίως από την Kaspersky Lab σε συνεργασία με την B2B International. Το 2016, περισσότεροι από 4.000 εκπρόσωποι μικρών, μεσαίων (50-999) και μεγάλων επιχειρήσεων (1000+) από 25 countries were asked to express their opinions about the security of the IT sector and actual incidents they were asked to deal with.
