DDoS denial of service attacks are criminal-led malicious acts. Gain an overview of these attacks and how they could affect your business or organization in this presentation.

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DDoS Attacks Are Launched by Criminals,
Not Teenagers
• Data breaches and denial of service are
criminal-led, malicious acts
• Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks
are the most common and destructive form of
online hacking
• Organized cyber-attack groups launch
politically-motivated attacks to cause website
downtime
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Estimating the Cost of a DDoS Attack
• Financial services
companies lost an
estimated
US $17 million
per DDoS attack
in 2012, per Forrester
Consulting
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What Is a DDoS Denial of Service Attack?
• Attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its
intended users
• Targeted systems include:
– Websites
– Email systems
– VOIP (phone systems)
– Network as a whole
• Hackers control remote botnets (robot networks) of virus-
infected computers
• It is difficult to identify the perpetrator
• Hacker techniques can further amplify the attack to
multiply the power of huge botnet
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DDoS Attack Types
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• Not all attacks are the same
• Different techniques target different network
elements
• For example:
– Layer 3 and Layer 4 attacks target the network
infrastructure with huge volumes of traffic
– Layer 7 attacks target web applications. These
stealthy attacks resemble legitimate traffic to
overload the server

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Where Do DDoS Attacks Come From?
• Worldwide problem
• Almost every country is a source of DDoS attacks
• Many DDoS attacks originate from:
– Compromised servers at hosting providers that don’t
clean up malware
– Servers out of reach of international authorities
• China is the leading source of botnet activity
• The United States is the second leading source
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Why Do DDoS Attackers Strike?
• Hacktivisim and ideological and political
differences
• Extortion and other financial motivation
• Competitive attacks and hate crimes by
disgruntled employees or unhappy customers
• Hacker experimentation – novices trying to
make a name for themselves
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DDoS Attackers Target Many Industries
• e-Commerce
• Education
• Energy
• Finance, banking and
insurance
• Government and
defense
• Healthcare
• Internet and telecom
• Media and
entertainment
• Non-profits
• Retail
• Technology
• Travel
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Download the Free White Paper
• Download the white paper DDoS Boot Camp: Basic
Training for an Increasing Cyber Threat at
http://www.prolexic.com/bootcamp.
• The white paper includes:
– What is DDoS
– Types of DDoS attacks and their relative popularity
– Insight into hacker mindsets and motives
– How different attacks target specific network weaknesses
– DDoS mitigation best practices for incident response and
business continuity
– A case study of successful DDoS attack readiness
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About Prolexic
• Prolexic Technologies is the world’s largest and
most trusted provider of DDoS protection and
mitigation services.
• Prolexic has successfully stopped DDoS attacks
for more than a decade.
• We can stop even the largest attacks that
exceed the capabilities of other DDoS
mitigation service providers.
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