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A10 Networks tracked nearly
six million DDoS weapons
in Q4 2019. Here’s what A10
discovered about the threats
targeting companies today.
A10 NETWORKS REVEALS
THE DDOS WEAPONS
AND ATTACK VENDORS
BUSINESSES FACE
A10 Networks, a provider
of intelligent and automated
cybersecurity solutions, has
announced the release of its
research carried out into DDoS
weapons and attack vendors.
The research revealed that SNMP
and SSDP remain the top sources
for DDoS attacks, but it tracked
nearly 800,000 WS-Discovery
sources for exposed reflection
amplification as well.
The report revealed 1,390,505
SNMP weapons and 1,196,798
SSDP weapons were tracked, while
781,147 WS-Discovery weapons,
661,810 TFTP weapons and
389,956 DNS Resolver weapons
were tracked.
DDoS-for-hire services and other
attackers continually scan for fresh
TCP and UDP services to exploit,
while the top countries hosting
DDoS weapons align closely with
the top ASNs where they connect.
The top countries were China with
739,223 DDoS weapons, the USA
with 448,169, the Republic of Korea
with 440,185, India with 268,864,
Russia with 253,609 and Taiwan with
199,656 DDoS weapons.
The research also revealed that
China hosts nearly a quarter of
observed DDoS botnet agents (24%),
with Brazil next with 9%, Iran with 6%,
Taiwan with 4% and Thailand with 4%.
Attacking drones are most often
seen in Brazil followed by Thailand,
Hong Kong, India and Russia.
Connected devices are expanding
exponentially and they offer fertile
ground for DDoS botnets. 5G will
supercharge that growth. The Mirai
malware family leads the pack so far.
A10 Networks says
that sophisticated
DDoS threat
intelligence, realtime
threat detection
and automated
signature extraction
can help protect
organisations
against even the
largest DDoS
attacks.
22 Issue 27 | www.intelligentciso.com