DDoS News

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DDoS attacks are on the rise, used to target and shut down web services worldwide.
In early 2009, independent sources along with RioRey’s own rCare proprietary data pool reported that between 1,700 and 3,000 DDoS attacks occurred daily.
DDoS attacks last, on average, between 3 and 6 hours. [Source: RioRey rCare proprietary data pool]
DDoS attacks have been measured that last for 3 days or more. [Source: RioRey rCare proprietary data pool]
During a single DDoS attack, the source IPs can change as well as the attack methods, making DDoS attack bots harder to detect and block.
Traditional security measures, including firewalls and intrusion detection systems (IDS), are not designed to be effective on their own against DDoS flood attacks.
Magnitude of attacks: In a spoofed IP attack, the attack can cover 4 billion IP addresses. In an unspoofed attack, it is not uncommon to see 20K to 30K IP addresses.

Every public website, however large or small, is a DDoS target. Attacks can be motivated by pure malice, politics, marketplace competition, or the potential for blackmail or revenge, but they are a real and constant threat. Any organization concerned about the availability of its public site needs to invest in a RioRey solution.

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09/03/2010	CAO attack shows need for action on cybercrime
	An attack last week on the Central Applications Office (CAO) website left thousands of worried students unable to gain access to the site to accept their third-level offers.
09/02/2010	Pentagon considers preemptive strikes as part of cyber-defense strategy
	The Pentagon is contemplating an aggressive approach to defending its computer systems that includes preemptive actions such as knocking out parts of an adversary's computer network overseas - but it is still wrestling with how to pursue the strategy lega
09/01/2010	Cisco patches bug that crashed 1 percent of Internet
	A Duke University experiment inadvertently uncovered a bug in Cisco IOS XR
08/31/2010	Pushdo Botnet Crippled Via Coordinated Takedown
	Security researchers have pushed large parts of the spam maker offline, but it may not decrease overall crimeware levels.
08/30/2010	Cyber Crime World Actually Disorganized According to Researchers
	While cyber crime is often thought to be headed by organized criminal gangs working to extort vast sums of money, it appears, however, the cyber crime underworld is actually less organized.
08/27/2010	The penultimate guide to stopping a DDoS attack - A new approach
	The best ways to stop DDoS attacks without hardware intervention. If the tactics in this article don't work, you may need to invest in your very own RioRey device.
08/26/2010	Defense Official Confirms Cyber Attack
	A senior defense official has confirmed that the breach of U.S. military networks as a result of an infected USB drive, which was placed into a military laptop in the Middle East in 2008.
08/25/2010	DDoS botnet family discovered targeting scores of sites
	A new family of bots is responsible for nearly 200 distributed denial-of-service attacks targeting websites in China, the United States, South Korea and Germany, according to researchers at security firm Arbor Networks
08/24/2010	Malware Implicated in Fatal Spanair Plane Crash
	Authorities investigating the 2008 crash of Spanair flight 5022 have discovered a central computer system used to monitor technical problems in the aircraft was infected with malware.
08/23/2010	Nigeria Forms Cyber Prosecution Team
	The Nigerian government has approved the formation of a cyber prosecution team to spearhead the country's battle against cyber crime.

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