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COST TO LAUNCH DDOS ATTACK FROM BOTNETS FOR HIRE

on June 11, 2015 |
DDoS Attack Specialist DDoS Attacks DDoS Defense Defend Against DDoS Denial of
Service Denial of Service Attack

Could you pass up a $40,000 return on a $20 investment? Odds are you couldn’t if
you enjoy wreaking havoc on a business.

New research released today by Incapsula shows distributed denial of service
(DDoS) assaults continue to be expensive nuisances for online businesses — and
that the attacks can be launched from botnets-for-hire for around $38 a month.

A DDoS attack costs a business $40,000 per hour in terms of lost business
opportunities, loss of consumer trust, data theft, intellectual property loss
and more, Incapsula estimates. When you consider top attacks last for days and
that half of all targets are repeatedly hit, it’s easy to see how quickly costs
escalate.


A LOT FOR A LITTLE

“What is most disconcerting is that many of these smaller assaults are launched
from botnets-for-hire for just tens of dollars a month. This disproportion
between attack cost and damage potential is the driving force behind DDoS
intrusions for extortion and vandalism purposes,” the security firm noted in its
2015 DDoS Threat Landscape Report (registration required).

Last year Incapsula reported a 240 percent increase in DDoS activity. This year,
although DDoS activity is still rising, Incapsula highlighted shifts in the
methods, length and types of attacks.

Incapsula defines an attack as a persistent DDoS event against the same target
(IP address or domain). It is preceded by a quiet (attack free) period of at
least 10 minutes and succeeded by another such period of the same duration or
longer.

The study differentiates between network layer and application layer attacks.
These definitions refer to the Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI Model),
which conceptualizes the process of data transmission by segmenting packets into
seven layers.

Network layer attacks target the network and transport layers (OSI layers 3 and
4), while application layer attacks target OSI layer 7.

The analysis is based on data from 1,572 network layer and 2,714 application
layer DDoS attacks on websites using Imperva Incapsula services from March 1
through May 7.

“Assaults against network infrastructures continue to grow in size and duration.
Those aimed at applications are both long in duration and likely to be
repetitive. The upshot for organizations of all sizes is that simply weathering
the storm is no longer a viable strategy — the impact will be big, durable and
likely recurring,” the report notes.


ON THAT DEPRESSING NOTE

Here are a few of the report’s key findings:

 * Once a target, always a target: 20 percent of websites are attacked more than
   five times
 * DDoS attacks can last a long time: While 71 percent of all network layer
   attacks last under three hours, more than 20 percent last more than five days
 * Some attacks are exceptionally long: The longest attack was 64 days
 * DDoS for hire is more readily available than ever: Botnet-for-hire
   fingerprints are on roughly 40 percent of all attacks
 * Five countries create most DDoS botnet traffic: 56 percent of DDoS bot
   traffic emerged from China, Vietnam, US, Brazil and Thailand


WHAT’S A BOTNET-FOR-HIRE?

Opportunistic cybercriminals have the botnet-for-hire business model, a
subscription scheme that provides each user with limited access to the botnet
resources (usually for a cumulative duration of no more than 60 minutes per
month).

“During these short periods, individuals with little or no DDoS skill are able
to execute assaults using one of the few available scripts (which are
reminiscent of our definition of attack vectors),” the report notes.

The average cost to rent-a-botnet for an hour each month through a DDoS
subscription package is around $38, with fees as low as $19.99.

The takeaway: It costs very little to bring down a website. “Perhaps putting a
price tag on the damage caused by such services will bring more public attention
to their activity, and to the danger posed by the shady economy behind DDoS
attacks,” the report notes.

Source:
http://www.cmswire.com/information-management/you-can-bring-down-a-website-for-38/



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