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Survey: DoS Attacks, Bots are Worst Security Threats

Denise Pappalardo writes on NetworkWorld:

Arbor Networks plans to release a report Tuesday confirming what many in IT security already know: DDoS is still a very popular means to disrupt networks.

In its second annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, Arbor surveyed 55 network operators, including ISPs, network providers at universities and even some large enterprise networks. DDoS attacks at 46% and bots at 31% pose the most significant operational threats, according to survey respondents. Worms, compromised infrastructure, DNS and Border Gateway Protocol route hijacking were also mentioned, but only 4% to 7% said these posed significant threats.

While DDoS isn’t new, the size of the attacks are, says Danny McPherson, chief research officer at Arbor.

posted by Fergie @ 9/12/2006 12:33:00 PM