THE SKINNY ON MULTI-VECTOR DDOS ATTACKS

Unlike Single-vector DDoS attacks, Multi-vector (MV) DDoS attacks are coordinated attacks that simultaneously hit the BANDWIDTH, NETWORK and APPLICATION LAYERS. These attacks on enterprises don't stop until they find the weakest link and bring their website and/or online services down, ultimately impacting the experience of their customers.

MORE THAN 3,700 DDOS ATTACKS OCCUR EACH DAY(1) AND 75% OF THEM ARE MULTI-VECTOR DDOS ATTACKS.(2) They cost businesses, on average, as much as $300,000 per hour.(3)

Attacks increased

in Q2 of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014.(6)

132.43%2014

While 35.2% of attacks target gaming companies,(7) business sectors that perform crucial services and cannot afford downtime are also hit, including:

In Q2 of 2015, 122% of attacks were APPLICATION LAYER DDOS ATTACKS.(4) Also in Q2 of 2015, there were 12 ATTACKS OF MORE THAN 1,000 GBPS.(5)

DDOS ATTACK TOOLS ARE EASILY AND CHEAPLY OBTAINED ONLINE AND CAN NOW BE LAUNCHED FROM A SMARTPHONE.

Top 3 Countries

79 COUNTRIES were targets of multi-vector DDoS attacks in Q3 2015.(8)

2015

MV DDOS ATTACKS ARE ON THE RISE

WHAT ARE MULTI-VECTOR DDOS ATTACKS?

MV DDOS ATTACKS BY BUSINESS SECTOR

GAMING (35.2%)

SOFTWARE/TECH (27.7%)

INTERNET/TELECOM (12.9%)

FINANCIAL SERVICES (8.1%)

A GLOBAL CRISIS

Cyber Criminals Government Spies Hacktivists Pranksters

U.S. (29.9%)

South Korea (17.7%)

China (35.5%)

MV DDOS ATTACKS ARE BIGGER, SMARTER,MORE DEVASTATING

THEY CAN CAUSE MASSIVE LOSSES

MV DDOS ATTACKS CAN COME FROMANYONE AT ANYTIME

According to a 2015 survey, theNO. 1 CONSEQUENCE OF AN MV DDOS ATTACK IS REPUTATION DAMAGE.(11)

TRUE MULTI-VECTOR PROTECTION (MVP)

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(1) http://www.business.att.com/content/infographic/DDoS-Attacks-Infographic.pdf(2) BT, 2015 (from the A10 Playbook)(3) http://blogs.gartner.com/andrew-lerner/2014/07/16/the-cost-of-downtime/(4) https://www.akamai.com/us/en/our-thinking/state-of-the-internet-report/(5) http://fossbytes.com/ddos-attacks-are-now-stronger-than-ever-mega-attacks/(6) https://blogs.akamai.com/2015/08/q2-2015-state-of-the-internet-security-report-released.html(7) http://www.4-traders.com/AKAMAI-TECHNOLOGIES-INC-8303/news/Akamai-Technologies--India-Is-4th-Largest-Victim-Of-DDoS-Attacks-Web-Application--Gaming-Favorite-20897389/(8) https://securelist.com/analysis/quarterly-malware-reports/72560/kaspersky-ddos-intelligence-report-q3-2015/(9) October 2015: TalkTalk UK phone and broadband provider (volumetric AND application layer attack)

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500256046/TalkTalk-warns-customers-about-personal-data-breachhttp://www.node4.co.uk/blog/talktalk-data-breached-by-two-pronged-ddos-attacks/

November 2015: ProtonMail Swiss encrypted webmail provider (volumetric)http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/07/protonmail-on-battling-a-sustained-ddos-attack/http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=0230024432Y4

November 2015: City of San Jose, Calif., Information Technology Center (volumetric)http://www.govtech.com/security/San-Jose-Calif-IT-Systems-Target-of-DDoS-Attack.html

October 2015: UltraDNS San Francisco-based web content delivery service (volumetric)http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/16/technology/ultradns-server-problem-pulls-down-websites-including-netflix-for-90-minutes.html?_r=0http://digital-era.net/ultradns-dealing-with-ddos-attack/

August 2013: Bitcoin exchange BTC China (volumetric)http://www.wired.com/2013/11/ddos_bitcoin/

(10) http://security.radware.com/uploadedFiles/Resources_and_Content/Attack_Tools/CyberSecurityontheOffense.pdf(11) https://www.stateoftheinternet.com/resources-web-security-white-paper-2015-ponemon-institute-the-cost-of-ddos-attacks.html

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DDoS Attacks

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BANDWIDTH

APPLICATION

NETWORK

The average cost of 1 MINUTE OF DOWNTIME due to a DDoS attack is $22,000.(10)

Recent attacks in the news include:

August 2013: Bitcoin exchange BTC China (volumetric attacks)(9)

October 2015: TalkTalk UK phone and broadband provider (volumetric and application layer attack)(9)

October 2015: UltraDNS San Francisco-based web content delivery service (volumetric attacks)(9)

November 2015: ProtonMail Swiss encrypted webmail provider (volumetric attacks)(9)

November 2015: City of San Jose, Calif., Information Technology Center (volumetric attacks)(9)

Part Number: A10-GR-70216-EN-01 Feb 2016