Why DDoS Attacks Are Thriving in the Work-From-Home Era

By Dice Insights - 2021-02-18

Description

In 2020 DDoS made a comeback as employees moved into home offices and cybercriminals updated their techniques and attack vectors.

Summary

After the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations to send employees and workers into remote offices, cybercriminals and fraudsters began adjusting their tactics to take advantage of vulnerable devices and home networks.
In a recent report published by NetScout’s Atlas Security Engineering and Response Team, the number of DDoS launched in 2020 surpassed 10 million, a significant increase from the 8.5 million DDoS attacks recorded in 2019.
Mark Moses, director of client engagement at security firm nVisium, noted that the shift to work-from-home gave attackers fresh means to use DDoS as a way to target multiple networks.
rather, they are steps which help to harden the overall environment, protecting assets from being used by threat actors for an attack.

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