Learn About DDoS Attacks & How to Survive ThemHave you heard of DDoS attack? Small to medium scale companies should learn all about it since it’s becoming a big problem these days, and companies need to know how to respond if they should ever become a victim. If you don’t know how serious DDoS can be, consider the example of Growthink, which is an LA based business publishing firm, on September of last year. There was a flood of traffic that shocked the company's website, and which went on for few days. Growthink then informed their hosting provider, and asked for help.
They got help from a DDoS protection firm, who did a BlockDos in order to filter all the bad traffic that DDoS had caused the company. They then decided to move to a new hosting firm. The situation was serious then, and the company had no idea what was going on, in fact even their IT director could not figure out why, out of all the companies operating, they were singled out by the DDoS attackers. The effect of the DDoS attack they suffered was that the hackers caused the network to deny the site owner access, so that he was unable to manipulate the site, and there was a flood of traffic to the network, exhausting the site.
Did you know that it is very dangerous, if you are singled out by DDoS hackers, because it can cause crippling of your entire business? Growthink estimated that over $50,000 was lost during that time. There is no definite suspect according to Growthink, but experts say that those who run online businesses are the ones who are at risk. It’s often the smaller companies that are attacked by hackers, because they are the ones that rely solely on the internet. DDoS occurrences are actually growing in numbers, and there is data that shows that there has been a more than 700% increase in DDoS victims. While small companies are finding ways to prevent DDoS from attacking them, experts say that big companies too are starting to learn how to stop DDoS from penetrating their systems. Did you know that attackers are able to operate more than 1,000 botnets of malware with which to infect home PCs, and most of those home PCs are actually small scale businesses. There are, however, ways in which you can protect your business from a DDoS attack. Here’s how:
Nginx is one suggestion, because it is tough on DDoS, and using the latest protection measures can actually save you from the attack. Check out secured ServerSpace support, another good place to go for assistance. |