DDoS Attacks in Russia in 2014: UDP Packets Don’t Smell of Lard
summary
An analysis of DDoS attacks in Russia during 2014, using ten months of telemetry to describe current attack trends and correlate them with geopolitical and economic events. Covers common operator/application mistakes that caused major outages, explains why UDP amplification is declining, outlines likely DDoS vectors for 2015, and presents best common practices (BCOP) for keeping applications secure against those threats.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00DDoS in Russia intro
- 5:52DNS amplification attacks
- 13:41Amplification attacks end
- 17:43Topology and confidentiality risks
- 23:08DDoS attack classification
- 29:44Infrastructure attacks
- 34:07Provider mitigation
- 40:42Future plans & Q&A
