DDoS attacks represent one of the many vulnerabilities that we can find on the network. It is nothing new, as it is something we have talked about many times and there have been many types. Their main objective is the denial of services. They are generally not going to steal data, nor steal money like other varieties of malware can. However, it is still a major problem that can affect many users and organizations. In this article we are going to talk about how DDoS attacks are evolving this year.
Evolution of DDoS attacks
As usually happens with any type of threat that we find on the network, DDoS attacks have evolved. That means they can get novel features, avoid detection, be more effective, or reach more victims, for example.
Hackers use botnets to carry out DDoS attacks. They can be any type of device that they have previously attacked. They are mainly based on existing vulnerabilities, on exploiting computers that use default passwords or through some type of malware.
One of the main evolutions of DDoS attacks in the last few months is that they are mainly aimed at IoT devices . As we know, they are all those computers that have an Internet connection and that are in our homes. They are for example a television, smart light bulbs, video players … In short, all these devices that have an Internet connection in our home. This is something that is increasingly present in our day to day.
Another important evolution is the impact on the target . Starting with distributed denial of service, these attacks have emerged to become advanced persistent denial of service (APDoS). While managed DDoS protection tools significantly prevent DDoS attacks, they can sometimes fail against APDoS attacks.
Furthermore, in addition to what we mentioned about IoT devices, DDoS attacks are also evolving significantly using Artificial Intelligence and machine learning . They look for ways to execute combined attacks and avoid detection. One more way to perfect attacks and achieve your goal.
The importance of security to avoid attacks
Basically we can say that these are the three basic pillars through which DDoS attacks are evolving . It is a problem that is very present in the network and that can jeopardize the proper functioning of multiple services and organizations.
It is very important that organizations implement security measures from the most basic stage to avoid this type of problem. In this way we can avoid DDoS attacks that may put our security at risk and affect the normal operation of equipment and systems.
The problem is that, as we have seen, this type of attack also evolves to improve when it comes to achieving its objectives. It is essential that security measures are also updated and adapted to this.
We leave you an article where we explain how to recognize a DDoS attack .
