PCWorld: 4 Tips to Fight Botnets - PCWorld: Business Center

By Jamey Heary, NetworkWorld
June 01, 2009

In case you haven't been paying attention, Botnet DDoS attacks passed the 40 Gigabits/sec mark in 2008, according to Arbor Networks. The sheer size of today's Botnets has reached into the mind-boggling realm of 1.9 million bots in a single Botnet. Couple that with the fact that Botnet DDoS attacks are one of the hardest assaults to defend against and you have a real nightmare scenario on your hands. This is why DDoS attacks are the most common method employed by extortionists to attempt to hold online merchants hostage for ransom. It's big business for criminals and business is good.

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