Hardware/Network
DDoS Attacks Have Become a Persistent Problem
Reported by baselinemag.com
An unmitigated DDoS attack costs a business U.S. $40,000 per hour, though the consequences can also include lost opportunities, data theft and loss of public trust. Once a Website is targeted by application layer attacks, it will be attacked again—once every 10 days on average. 71% of DDoS occurrences last under three hours, but 20% span five days or more. The longest known attack lasted 8 days. UDP (User Datagram Protocol) and SYN floods are the most common methods for launching DDoS attacks.
