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"2010 should be viewed as the year distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks became mainstream as many high profile attacks were launched against popular Internet services and other well known targets," reports Arbor Networks in its just released Sixth Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report. According to the report, the year also witnessed a sharp escalation in the scale and frequency of DDoS attack activity on the Internet. The 100 Gbps attack barrier was reached for the first time while application layer attacks hit an all-time high. Service providers experienced a marked impact on operational expense, revenue loss and customer churn as a result.

Related Links:
Arbor Networks' Sixth Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report Arbor Networks
DDoS Attacks Exceed 100 Gbps, Attack Surface Continues to Expand SecurityWeek
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Related topics: DDoS, Security