{"id":2904,"date":"2023-02-27T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourtechupdates.com\/?p=753"},"modified":"2023-02-27T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T00:05:00","slug":"cyber-attacks-are-getting-bigger-and-smarter-are-you-vulnerable-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzinganet.net\/cyber-attacks-are-getting-bigger-and-smarter-are-you-vulnerable-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber attacks are getting bigger and smarter. Are you vulnerable?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/801194306?h=943038dbb0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever tried to buy tickets for a huge event and found that the seller\u2019s website has collapsed under the weight of thousands of people all trying to do the same thing at the same time?<\/p>\n<p>The ticket site falls over \u2013&nbsp;usually temporarily \u2013 because the server is overloaded with traffic it doesn\u2019t have the capacity for.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal Distributed Denial of Service attacks \u2013&nbsp;DDoS, for short \u2013 exploit the same principle.<\/p>\n<p>When a DDoS attack targets a business, it floods it with internet traffic in an attempt to overwhelm the system and force it to fail.<\/p>\n<p>This results in the business and its customers being unable to access services. That may trigger a temporary failure, or it could be more serious. Last year, the average DDoS attack lasted 50 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>That may not sound like a long time, but it\u2019s enough to create angry customers, or to bring business to a grinding halt. And downtime can be costly.<\/p>\n<p>The really bad news is that DDoS attacks are not only lasting longer, but they\u2019re becoming bigger, more sophisticated and more common.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the biggest ever reported DDoS attack was reportedly blocked. At its peak, it sent 71 million requests per SECOND to its target\u2019s servers. Prior to that, the biggest reported incident stood at 46 million requests per second.<\/p>\n<p>Worse still, more businesses are reporting being targeted by DDoS attacks where criminals are demanding huge ransoms to stop the attack.<\/p>\n<p>What does this mean for you?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important you check all your security measures are up-to-date and working as they should be. Are your firewalls up to the task, with DDoS monitoring and prevention tools set up? And is your team fully aware of the importance of staying vigilant?<\/p>\n<p>We can help make sure your business stays protected. Just get in touch.<\/p>\n<p>Published with permission from Your Tech Updates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the biggest ever DDoS attack was reportedly blocked. Worse still, more businesses are being targeted with criminals demanding huge ransoms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cyber attacks are getting bigger and smarter. 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