Kaspersky Lab More DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2015

According to recent statistics Kaspersky Lab for the first quarter of 2015, digital criminals made more than 23.000 attacks DDoS, which were supported by botnet (malicious networks) to online resources in 76 countries, including the . Kaspersky Lab

Most attacks on a unique online resource were 21 (about two attacks per week). In the fourth quarter of 2014, the corresponding size was 16. The longest-ever botnet attack during the first quarter lasted about six days.

In the first quarter of 2015, a total of 23.095 DDoS attacks occurred. These hit targets in 76 countries, a size higher than 15% over the 66 countries recorded in the fourth quarter of 2014.

China, the US and Canada were the countries most affected by DDoS attacks in the first quarter. These attacks were controlled by & Control (C&C) servers που βρίσκονταν κυρίως στις ΗΠΑ, την Κίνα και το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο.

Οι «ηγετικές» θέσεις της Κίνας και των ΗΠΑ και στις δύο κατατάξεις μπορούν να εξηγηθούν από τις σχετικά χαμηλές τιμές για web hosting στις χώρες αυτές, κάτι που έχει ως αποτέλεσμα τα περισσότερα data to be there.

«Μια επίθεση DDoS είναι συχνά διασυνοριακή προσπάθεια. Ο πελάτης βρίσκεται σε μία χώρα, ο εκτελεστής σε μία άλλη, οι C&C servers φιλοξενούνται σε μια τρίτη και τα bots που εμπλέκονται στην επίθεση DDoS είναι διάσπαρτα σε όλο τον κόσμο. Αυτό καθιστά συχνά πιο περίπλοκη τη διερεύνηση των επιθέσεων, την καταστολή των botnet και τη σύλληψη των υπεύθυνων. Παρά το γεγονός ότι τα εργαλεία των ψηφιακών εγκληματιών για επιθέσεις DDoS δεν περιορίζονται μόνο στα botnet, αυτά εξακολουθούν να αποτελούν ένα ευρέως διαδεδομένο και επικίνδυνο εργαλείο, κάτι που απαιτεί τη προληπτικών μέτρων από τους πιθανούς στόχους, ώστε να διασφαλιστεί η προστασία τους», commented Evgeny Vigovsky, Head of Kaspersky DDoS Protection Kaspersky Lab.

Η Kaspersky Lab recommends the use of security solutions to filter "unwanted" requests from digital criminals and separate them from legitimate online traffic.

For example, the Kaspersky DDoS Protection solution combines Kaspersky Lab's proven experience with in-house technology, such as DDoS Intelligence. DDoS Intelligence is a system that analyzes the information sent by C&C servers to botnets, with the aim of enhancing protection against DDoS attacks.

Kaspersky Lab's statistics for botnet activity in the first quarter of 2015 are based on data collected by the DDoS Intelligence system.

The full report with the statistics is available on the site Securelist.com. More information about Kaspersky DDoSProtection is available at site of Kaspersky Lab.

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