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freehe
12/29/2016 10:18:52 PM
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freehe
12/29/2016 10:10:55 PM
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@dcawrey, that is true, customers are the last to know and companies don't want to notify customers to scare them and create a surge in customer service calls or complaints. In these instances, social media is your friend when reporting issues. You get a much faster response.
Luckily for me working in IT Security during my career, I can sense when an attack is happening because the app, product or service being used starts slowing down or performs is a weird or different manner.
freehe
12/29/2016 10:07:19 PM
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@dcawrey, I totally agree. I worked on an IT security team and they were not concerned about a DDOS attack until it happened then they spent the next six months implemented just basic security measures, as if those would prevent it from happening again. Sigh!
freehe
12/29/2016 10:05:35 PM
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@Michelle, I agree, that is still much work to be done regarding DDOS protection.
dcawrey
12/29/2016 7:14:23 PM
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@afwriter The consumer is always the last to know in these situations, and the bottom line is if these attacks hit businesses, customers are always affected. The problem is, they often don't even know it.
Michelle
12/29/2016 10:16:46 AM
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@af This is true. There was no checking twitter for updates in many areas... It was really interesting to watch the news updates of the attack in progress (however frustrating).
afwriter
12/28/2016 11:45:24 PM
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Let's not forget that it trickles down to the consumer too. The last big DDoS attack was annoying for businesses but it made a lot of us mad that we couldn't go about our daily routines.
JohnBarnes
12/28/2016 11:01:21 PM
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Well, it's coming. A DDoS on a site that is just sitting there minding its own business only requires training so that the algorithm can recognize "unusual" traffic and quickly develop a list of traits that occur in the unusual traffic in high volumes. That's beginner stuff in machine learning and NLP. But a DDoS against a site that is retaliation or an attempt to silence it for saying something that is popular -- that's a really tough problem, because you can't just say "anything that we weren't seeing last week is suspicious"-- that would cut off exactly the traffic you wanted to gain (essentially it's a baby AND bathwater detector/discarder). So software that can quickly learn the baby-bathwater distinction and apply it -- without needing too much human coaching and intervention because there won't be time -- is going to require some very, very shrewd designs in machine learning. It can be done, but it won't be easy and it won't be next week.
Michelle
12/28/2016 4:46:57 PM
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@DC Yes - many businesses think little of the potential for DDoS or blended attacks that require ransom payment to end an attack until it happens to them. Attacks happen to businesses of all sizes so it's crazy to think some businesses care so little about the potential. I suppose some don't have resources to fight off attacks in the first place...
dcawrey
12/28/2016 4:39:07 PM
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DDoS are really annoying for businesses. I'm happy to see that there are now better solutions on the market, but there's still a lot of room to grow and improve in this area. Most organizations could care less about DDoS attacks. Until it happens to them, then they care a lot!
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