How many DDoS cases are reported in 2019?

Although DDoS is a new form of attack, it is always considered as a leading threat to organizations and businesses worldwide. On average, every year, hundreds of thousands of organizations and businesses suffer millions of DDoS attacks with serious consequences, and 2019 is no exception.

A new report published by security firm NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence has revealed that about two-thirds of the world's customer-oriented business systems suffer from nearly 23,000 DDoS attacks every day - the equivalent of 16 attacks every 60 seconds. To sum up, there were more than 8.4 million DDoS attacks recorded in 2019, of which the most powerful attacks could reach 62Gbps and above.

The purpose behind DDoS attack campaigns is primarily to disrupt or disrupt online services. Hackers will try to overwhelm their target, websites and online services. Users have difficulty, or even cannot access these websites and services. Over time, it depletes system resources, enabling attackers to gain control of the system.

Netscout's report highlights the fact that telecom service providers, businesses working in data processing - storage, and entertainment (games, betting) are the most popular target of tons. DDoS attacks in 2019. In addition, there is also a significant increase in the number of DDoS attacks targeting the manufacturing and trading industry.

Botnets are the most commonly abused hacker to deploy DDoS campaigns. For example, the case of Mirai. This botnet and its variants continue to be the most widely used botnets of most recorded DDoS campaigns in 2019. In total, there was a 57% increase in the number of variations of Mirai. In addition, nearly 103,000 Mirai-based malware samples were discovered in 2019. Many of these samples also used brute-force attacks that caused great damage.

Without proper data detection, testing, and mitigation tools, IoT devices are highly likely to become part of a malicious botnet, hackers will 'weaponize' devices. to launch powerful DDoS attacks. In the context of more and more devices connected to the Internet today, this type of attack has the potential to cause great risks, not only for businesses but can even have a negative impact on the system. Network security system of a whole country.

Refer to the security report of NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence here:

 https://www.netscout.com/press-releases/netscouts-threat-intelligence-report-2H2019