VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Check Point has introduced a new line of security appliances designed to fight Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The new DDoS Protector appliances deliver multi-layered protection and up to 12 Gbps of throughput to help businesses stop and defend against the widest range of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.  "DDoS is emerging as a weapon of choice for hackers; they form weapons of mass disruption.  The DDoS protector appliance line from Check Point marks our entrance into a new and critical area of network security.  As the prevalence of DDoS attacks continue to rise, it is important to enable our customers to protect themselves and diminish one of the biggest security risks across today's threat landscape," said Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Regional Director - India and SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies.  Check Point DDoS Protector appliances safeguard organizations by blocking all ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE DDoS attacks are getting more powerful - with figures suggesting that the average attack was 57% stronger in the second half of 2011. Data received from Kaspersky Lab's botnet monitoring system and Kaspersky DDoS Prevention show that the most powerful attack was 20% stronger compared to the first half of the year, and amounted to 600 Mbit/sec. The average attack strength in the second half of 2011 was 110 Mbit/sec - an increase of 57%. Despite the relative simplicity of these techniques, researchers have recently noted a shift away from conventional DDoS attacks using large amounts of traffic, to attacks that lead to exploiting substantial resources on the server under attack. This makes it possible to launch effective DDoS attacks with minimum effort from the attacker, i.e. without using large botnets. "This is a perfectly logical progression. Large botnets attract the attention of anti-DDoS projects and law enforcement agencies, w...