Nexusguard Research Shows DNS Amplification Attacks Grew Nearly 4,800% Year-over-Year; Highlighted by Sharp Increase in TCP SYN Flood
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DNS amplification attacks continue to increase in number, growing 4,788% over Q3 2018, according to Nexusguard’s Q3 2019 Threat Report. Consequently, SYN Flood reflection not only hits targeted victims, but also can impact innocent users, including individuals, businesses, and other organizations. These innocent victims end up having to process large volumes of spoofed requests and what appear to be legitimate replies from the attack target. Founded in 2008, Nexusguard is a leading cloud-based distributed denial of service (DDoS) security solution provider fighting malicious internet attacks. Nexusguard is focused on developing and providing the best cybersecurity solution for every client across a range of industries with specific business and technical requirements.
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