DENVER, Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Lotus
Labs™, the threat intelligence arm of Lumen
Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), today released a blog that
details the team's research into the recent increase in Ransom
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
Since the second half of 2020, Black Lotus Labs has observed a
disturbing number of entities receiving emails containing the
threat of a sustained DDoS attack unless a Bitcoin ransom was
paid. The team has observed RDDoS activity before, dating as
far back as 2016, but the recent campaigns have been greater in
number and duration. In addition, today's group of cybercriminals
often perform a limited attack to prove their capability and
malicious intent.
The case studies featured in the blog include RDDoS attacks from
an unknown group claiming to be well-established entities including
Fancy Bear, The Armada Collective, and Lazarus Group. The blog also
dives into attacks from another group calling itself The
Kadyrovtsy.
"The increase in RDDoS attacks in 2020 couldn't have come at a
worse time," said Mike Benjamin,
Lumen's head of Black Lotus Labs. "With so many businesses relying
on their internet connectivity during the pandemic, these attacks
had an even greater impact on their victims' operations."
Benjamin went on to explain his team's philosophy on paying
ransoms. "We recommend never paying the ransom demand, as that only
serves as fuel for this illicit business model, and there are no
guarantees the criminals will actually stop the attack. The best
defense is to utilize a DDoS mitigation service, along with
deploying applications across a highly distributed
infrastructure."
For more details about RDDoS and to read these Black Lotus Labs
case studies, read the latest blog from Black Lotus Labs.
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