Research conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International showed that a DDoS attack is only the tip of the iceberg in most cases. 
74% of business representatives who participated in the survey reported that DDoS attacks against us companys coincided with other security incidents. Sometimes this is not the result of coincidence, but deliberate efforts to distract IT managers. This approach has been called “smoke coverage DDoS».
In the survey, European respondents indicated the malicious software (19%) and hacking (18,6%) as the number one threats to businesses, while DDoS attacks were chosen as the most dangerous threat by just 5,4%. At the same time, DDoS attacks often coincide with malware incidents (in 45% of all cases) and corporate network intrusions (in 32% of all cases).
Also, data leaks were detected simultaneously with a DDoS attack in 26% of all cases. Construction and engineering companies faced this problem more often than others. According to the respondents, 89% of attacks DDoS on these companies coincided with other types of attacks.
However, even without taking into account collateral losses, DDoS attacks remain a serious problem that increasingly affects corporate resources. Specifically, in 24% of all cases a DDoS attack resulted in services not being available at all (39% in state-owned enterprises).
In 34% of cases, some of the transactions could not be completed due to such attacks (64% in shipping companies).
Last year, these figures were significantly lower: as soon as 13% of the companies reported that their services were not available at all due to DDoS attacks, 29% of businesses encountered errors in their transactions as a result of these attacks.
Significantly longer page load times remained one of the most common consequences of DDos attacks (53% this year compared to 52% last year). However, according to the survey, attacks may take days or even weeks.
«Είναι φυσικό οι επιθέσεις DDoS να προκαλούν ολοένα και περισσότερα προβλήματα στις εταιρείες. Οι μέθοδοι και οι τεχνικές που χρησιμοποιούνται από τους εγκληματίες εξελίσσονται, με τους επιτιθέμενους να αναζητούν νέους τρόπους για να «παγώσουν» τις λειτουργίες των θυμάτων τους ή να συγκαλύψουν την εισβολή στα συστήματά τους. Ακόμη και αν διαθέτουν μεγάλο αριθμό εργαζομένων στο τμήμα Πληροφορικής, είναι σχεδόν αδύνατο για τις επιχειρήσεις να διαχειριστούν μια σοβαρή επίθεση DDοS και να επαναφέρουν τη λειτουργία των υπηρεσιών τους χωρίς εξωτερική βοήθεια. Επιπλέον, αν την ίδια στιγμή λαμβάνει χώρα και άλλη κακόβουλη δραστηριότητα, αυτό πολλαπλασιάζει τη damage. Most dangerously, companies may never know they have fallen victim to the DDoS smokescreen technique.
said Evgeny Vigovsky, Head of Kaspersky DDoS Protection of Kaspersky Lab.
The most effective measure against attacks by many players is integrated protection that provides security against malware, invasions and DDo attacks at the same time.
Kaspersky Lab has been specializing in this form of protection for years, and the effectiveness of the company's solutions is confirmed by both independent testing laboratories and its 270.000 corporate customers.
