Pingdom podcast #9 – DDoS Attacks
Published February 19th, 2012 | categories include: DDoS, Security |
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Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are the preferred tool of choice for temporarily taking down a website. Defending against DDoS attacks can be problematic, as the attacks themselves are often “distributed” amongst hundreds or thousands of individual computers. The podcast below discusses the current news and information surrounding DDoS attacks and what we have in store for us in the near future.
Topics include:
- Flash Player Update Nixes Zero-Day Flaw
- Anonymous Plans to Go After DNS Root Servers. What Will Be the US’s Response?
- Reports busts several myths about the way the industry views the impact of distributed DDoS attacks
- Insight into cloud trends reveals opportunity for service providers and system integrators to support companies’ transition to cloud
- Report details significant growth in cybercrime in the second half of 2011
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