Businesses are particularly concerned about distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks because they believe they will have the most impact on their operations.
This was one of the key conclusions of AT&T’s “2023 Cybersecurity Insights Report,” which was based on a poll of 1,418 people. AT&T Business’s head of cybersecurity evangelism, Theresa Lanowitz, describes the perceived risk and surge in concern about DDoS assaults as “surprising.”
She adds, “With edge, the attack surface is changing, and taking down a large number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices can have a significant impact on the business, The near real-time data created and consumed by most edge use cases make DDoS attacks attractive. By its definition, a DDoS attack will degrade a network and response time. Those who have not invested in DDoS protection are indicating the timing is right to do so.”
According to the report, ransomware dropped to eighth place out of eight in terms of perceived likelihood of attack type. Nonetheless, Lanowitz observes that over the last 24 months, organizations of all sizes have invested in ransomware prevention.
“However, ransomware criminals and their attacks are relentless,” she warns.
According to another research, cyber adversaries may cycle with the rise and decline of different sorts of attacks. Operat
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