Έρευνα της Kaspersky Lab και της B2B International για το DDoS, έδειξε ότι οι επιχειρήσεις δεν είναι απαραίτητο να διαθέτουν εξωτερικά interfaces, όπως ιστότοπους, portal πελατών και συστήματα συναλλαγών, για να πέσουν θύματα επιθέσεων Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). Βάσει της researchs, internal web services, functions and connectivity solutions are equally vulnerable.
2015, one in six (16%) businesses worldwide, has been the victim of DDoS attacks, a size that grows to a quarter for large organizations. For most, these attacks concerned external activities.
Just under half of the businesses that were victimized said that the websites were affected, while around a third said their customer portals and logins (38%) and communications services (37%) were affected. A quarter found that a DDoS attack had affected trading systems.
However, some companies have discovered that a DDoS attack has affected their internal online services. A quarter reported that file servers had been affected, while 15% said the operating systems were affected. 15% also stated that DDoS attacks affected their overall connectivity to the Internet Service Provider's network.
As far as the most affected sectors are concerned, the industry was particularly vulnerable to the internal impact of a DDoS attack, with a quarter of the participants reporting that their operating systems were affected and more than one third had an impact on file servers. , one in five telecoms, transport, IT and one in five governmental organizations noted that their network connectivity had been damaged.
"Attacks are important DDoS be taken seriously. It is a criminal activity that can be done relatively easily, but its impact on the continuous operation of the business may be extensive. Based on our research, beyond the known effects of an attack DDoS, such as shutting down one by clicking heres, defamation and disgruntled customers, these hits can reach deep into a company's internal systems. And it doesn't matter how small the company is or whether or not it has a website, as any company it is online, is a potential target. Unprotected operating systems are just as vulnerable to a DDoS attack as one external website, as any disruption can create problems in the operation of a business", commented Evgeny Vigovsky, Head of Kaspersky DOS Protection, Kaspersky Lab.
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