The 2008 Internet Security Report put out by Arbor Networks has this eye popping blurb…
Attacks Now Exceed 40 Gigabits
…the largest DDoS attacks have now grown a hundredfold to break the 40 gigabit barrier this year. The growth in attack size continues to significantly outpace the corresponding increase in underlying transmission speed and ISP infrastructure investment
Can your ISP stop a 40 Gigabit DDoS Attack?
November 12th, 2008 · No Comments
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Denial of Service (DoS) attacks becoming more common
November 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Within a week I had seen the term DOS or Denial of Service being mentioned in two mainstream publications, the WJS and more recently in this article – Internet Attacks Grow More Potent - by the Wall Street Journal.
“We’re definitely seeing more targeted attacks toward e-commerce sites,” said Danny McPherson, chief security officer for Arbor [...]
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