High-profile and often brazen DDoS attacks against government and private organizations in the Middle East have over the last two years made regular headlines. Civil unrest in the region has given rise to organized cyber crime and an escalation in cyber attacks. The motivation and primary drivers of attack continue to evolve with attackers today now motivated by hactivism and ideology, using a site takedown as an electronic means of making a statement or taking a stance. And with these factors providing motivation, it is difficult, if not impossible, to predict which organization will be targeted next. Unfortunately, it is no longer what a company does that could make it a victim of attack.
And yet, despite this evident evolution on the part of hackers, those that are under attack are not nearly as prepared for cyber-attacks as they could or should be. This was pointed out in the eighth annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report by Arbor which clearly highlights this very point: Just over half (51 percent) of network operators surveyed don’t regularly perform preparedness drills for cyber-attacks. In a region wherein the rise in cyber crime has been a constantly growing concern, organizations in the Middle East remain shockingly ill prepared.
Arbor Networks (News - Alert)' tracking of DDoS activity in the Middle East through 2013 has revealed that the average size of attacks in the region is 2.376Gbps and the average duration of an attack exceeds an hour and ten minutes (Source (News - Alert): Arbor Networks ATLAS data). In today's hyper-connected world, vital services such as e-banking, government eservices, as well as mission-critical production systems... Read More
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