The recent outage on Microsoft Corp.’s cloud-computer platform demonstrated the persistence of an older, blunt-force style of cyberattack.
It’s called a distributed denial-of-service attack, DDoS for short, and it works by directing massive amounts of junk internet traffic at a target, like a website or server, to disrupt it or even knock it offline.
DDoS attacks were once considered a “solved problem,” according to Boaz Gelbord, chief security officer at Akamai Technologies. The proliferation of internet-connected devices has helped intensify the attacks. Specialized malware is used to infect everything from smart TVs and fitness trackers to baby monitors and video cameras.
Odintsov and five other DDoS experts told Bloomberg News that Microsoft likely exacerbated the impacts of Tuesday’s attack by blocking out real Azure users in its attempt to isolate illegitimate ones. DDoS attacks are getting tougher to defend against, Gelbord said, because botnets are getting bigger and more accessible.
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