Another 26 percent of businesses reported that the attack was hiding financial theft. Half (50%) reported that the attack hid a malware infection 49 percent said that it masked a data leak or theft and 42 percent said that the DDoS attack was used to cover up a network intrusion or hacking.

In the first half of 2017, over half of respondents affected by a DDoS attack (53%) claimed that it was used as a smokescreen. In addition to causing immediate and visible operational issues, many companies also claim that DDoS attacks are being used to cover up other types of incidents, leading to severe financial and reputational damage. Of the organizations that have been hit by DDoS attacks, 26 percent reported a significant decrease in performance of services and 14 percent said there was a failure of transactions and processes on affected services. The consequences of an attack are no less severe, resulting in significant business disruption. Although figures for this year show that companies are more likely to experience just one attack, 82 percent of organizations faced more than one DDoS attack in 2016, and this year, 76 percent faced at least one attack.Ĭybercriminals are increasingly using DDoS attacks as a way to gain access to valuable and lucrative corporate data, and not just to cripple a victim’s services. Of those affected, 20 percent were very small businesses, 33 percent were SMBs and 41 percent were enterprises, further proving that organizations of all sizes are at risk. Indeed, 33 percent of organizations experienced an attack in 2017 – double the amount in 2016, which demonstrates the importance of increased awareness and protection against DDoS attacks. This rapid development in the cyber threat landscape means that all businesses – regardless of size – are at risk of experiencing a DDoS attack.Īccording to Kaspersky Lab’s Global IT Security Risks Survey 2017*, 50 percent of businesses claim that the frequency and complexity of DDoS attacks targeting organizations like theirs is growing every year. – Octo– According to Kaspersky Lab research, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are on the rise, with over a third (33%) of organizations facing a DDoS attack in 2017, compared to just 17 percent in 2016.

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