Underestimated Application Layer DDoS Attacks
With the rise of remote working, many organizations are embracing network architectures that allow data to be processed and stored closer to the data source. DDoS attacks on the application layer are often underestimated. Although much attention has been paid to mitigating network distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, it is crucial to also address application layer DDoS attacks, which can be of particular interest to attackers. “While DDoS attacks are well known, they should not be dismissed as the norm in the current attack landscape. Cybercriminals use the results of their application layer DDoS attacks to…