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Mistakes in the organization of protection against the risks associated with DDoS attacks almost always lead to a reduction in the resilience of their Internet resources to these risks, and it is impossible to compensate for them solely by connecting anti-DDoS services, even when they are most advanced. The situation is often aggravated by the fact that the combination of several flaws increases their overall negative impact. In this article, we will analyze some of these flaws we encountered while building protection against DDoS risks at a rather large client managing several hundred websites.

It often happens that customers of DDoS protection services believe that just by connecting to these services they are fully protected. Unfortunately, it is not quite right: DDoS protection is not magic or a superpower, and in order for it to work effectively, the services themselves must have sufficient immunity against DDoS risks.

We observed an unprecedented growth in the number of DDoS attacks in 2022. Unfortunately, this trend continued into the third quarter of the year. The report looks at the situation in the telecommunications, fintech, entertainment, education and logistic industries.

In this article we will discuss how to achieve security of websites and server components of browsers, mobile applications and services that interact with HTTP/HTTPS-based protocols via APIs.

We provide a brief guide that will help to improve the effectiveness of protecting networks and autonomous systems from DDoS attacks. It lists the aspects that should be taken into account.

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StormWall expects a 130% increase in DDoS worldwide. The new wave of DDoS is forecasted to hit in September 2022 and will be targeted at multiple sectors, although businesses will be affected the most. Based on the data of recent hacktivist activity analyzed by StormWall experts, the DDoS attacks that will take place in the near future, will be some of the most destructive to date.

Since an attacker's motivation is not always clear at the beginning of a DDoS attack, we recommend carefully studying and analyzing the course of each attack and evaluating the possible consequences.

As you know, quality is very rarely cheap. The protection StormWall offers is no exception: we invest thoughtfully to achieve high quality of our DDoS protection service while keeping fair prices - far from the highest on the market. Thanks to the chosen strategy, we offer a very favorable price-quality ratio.

The focus today is not so much on information security (defense against all threats associated with the company's information systems), but on cybersustainability - the ability to minimize the impact of cyber threats on the company and maintain efficiency under the conditions of all kinds of negative impacts caused by different digital environments.

It is very important to clearly define what signs can be used to identify legitimate requests so that the anti-DDoS provider can accurately identify the beginning of an attack on the application and defend against illegitimate requests. Application developers and their customers should have an idea of how a DDoS defender thinks and acts, and ensure up front that it can detect and disable bots.

Owners of Internet resources, trying to protect them from DDoS attacks, often make mistakes that undo their efforts and investments in protection. Perhaps, most dangerous in this case is that organizations that bought a DDoS protection are under the illusion that they are automatically on the safe side.

In late 2021 and early 2022, we faced very strong DDoS attacks. These attacks suddenly stopped on January 11, 2022, shortly after the Internet in Kazakhstan was shut down by local authorities in connection with mass protests in the republic. However, after the Internet started working again in Kazakhstan, the attacks resumed. We have analyzed the characteristics of the attacks observed at the end of last year and in the first half of this year and have come to the following conclusions.