Hackers get smarter as DDoS attacks grow
Hackers that launch DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attacks are getting smarter by the day. They are increasingly focusing on the application layer. In DDoS attacks, the hackers attempt to deny access to the rightful customers impacting transactions. They are also smarter in another way. They are launching more attacks during the weekends for obvious reasons. Denial-of-service attack definition “Investigation of botnet activity reveals that around 28 per cent of attacks happened on weekends, with the share of attacks on Sundays growing by two and a half percentage points — reaching 13 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2019,” cyber security firm Kaspersky has said. In its report on DDoS attacks for the fourth quarter of 2019, it said that the increase in the attacks were higher because the fourth quarter was a period of retail warfare. “We observe an increase in attacks from October to December every year,” it said. Besides increase in the number of attacks, there wa...