Never before so many DDoS attacks as in the fourth quarter of 2021
DDoS attacks hit a sad all-time high in the last quarter of 2021. According to Kaspersky telemetry, the total number of DDoS attacks increased by 2021 percent compared to the third quarter of 52. This is 4,5 times higher than the same period last year. Kaspersky experts see the reasons, among other things, in the Christmas sales season and the increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies. Extremely high number of DDoS attacks In a DDoS attack, cybercriminals send a large number of requests to the addressed web resource with the aim of restricting its service or temporarily paralyzing it. The attacks can last for several days and…